Welcome To Neoliberal Chicago, the Privatized City of the Future
A radio interview courtesy of This Is Hell Radio, by Chuck Mertz
Chicago elects a mayor Feb 24. Barack Obama cut commercials for privatizer Rahm Emanuel? Rahm gave Chicago an “Infrastructure Trust Board” appointed by the mayor with power to overrule all local laws. His public schools chief invests heavily in privatizing companies, and everything but sunshine is privatized. Welcome to neoliberal Chicago. Chuck Mertz on This Is Hell interviews Rick Pearlstein, author of How To Sell Off A City
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“It’s not like New Orleans was caught off guard. This could have been prevented.”
