What Doomed Detroit

Many cities have struggled with industrial decline, but Detroit's bankruptcy stems from both the collapse of its automobile industry and its own internal political and economic failures. This analysis explores how a history of civil disorder, race-based politics, and union domination transformed America's once-prosperous fourth-largest city into its poorest. The book reveals that Detroit's imbalance between public-sector consumption and private-sector production is a warning sign for other major U.S. cities.