How “Disaster Capitalism” Is Driving the Discussion of Municipal Bankruptcy in Cities Like Chicago
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Saqib Bhatti sits down with Chicago Newsroom host Ken Davis to discuss his recent article for In These Times, "Why Chicago Won’t Go Bankrupt—And Detroit Didn’t Have To."
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Miles Kampf-Lassin, a graduate of New York University’s Gallatin School in Deliberative Democracy and Globalization, is a Web Editor at In These Times. Follow him on Twitter @MilesKLassin
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