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Detroit Goes Bankrupt (2013)
It’s July 18h. This day in 2013, the city of Detroit declared bankruptcy.
Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss how a city that was once the country’s fourth-largest ran out of money, and the way the path to recovery pitted civic interests against each other.
Find a transcript of this episode at: https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory
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