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7/14 Saqib Bhatti: Why Chicago Won’t Go Bankrupt—And Detroit Didn’t Have To & for Members John Perkins

July 14, 2015
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Saqib Bhatti of the Roosevelt Institute explains why Chicago won’t go bankrupt and why Detroit didn’t have to either. Why Austerity hawks push bankruptcy policies and the best policy path forward. And for Members only! An interview from the deep archives with John Perkins, author of Confessions of a Economic Hit Man.

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