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In a recent piece titled “Detroit’s Death by Democracy,” columnist George Will argued that Detroit’s problems arose not from economic bad luck but from our very system of government:…

Detroit, Stockton and San Bernardino go bankrupt, blame democracy?

In a recent piece titled “Detroit’s Death by Democracy,” columnist George Will argued that Detroit’s problems arose not from economic bad luck but from our very system of government:…

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