The Economist (US), November 6th, 1993
The Nov 1993 elections brought a new breed of American big-city mayors, who campaigned as managers and crime fighters. The issues facing urban mayors, such as bloated bureaucracies, strong municipal employee unions, and little federal help are analyzed. TALK, if you dare, through the worst parts of urban America--New York's Bronx, Chicago's South Side, East St Louis, South-Central Los Angeles. The burned-out blocks, the boarded-up businesses, the ubiquitous hoodlums and gang warfare, suggest that these places should simply be abandoned. Cities, like the people who live in them, have a natural...
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