The Offshored Economy

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By Paul Craig Roberts www.opednews.com

In the 20th century, Detroit, Michigan, symbolized American industrial might. Today it symbolizes the off-shored economy.

Detroit's population has declined by half. A quarter of the city -- 35 square miles -- is desolate with only a few houses still standing on largely abandoned streets. If the local government can get the money from Washington, urban planners are going to shrink the city and establish rural areas or green zones where neighborhoods used to be.
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