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Austrian Detroit?

Detroit's bankruptcy presents an opportunity to transform itself from an example of municipal failure into a symbol of restoration and source of economic dynamism. Here is an “Austrian moment” in the making, a potential libertarian awakening guided by the free-market principles of the Austrian school of economics.

TRAVERSE CITY – As Detroit begins to sort through the ill-begotten public liabilities that have driven it to bankruptcy, an important opportunity is at hand to revitalize the city that was once the epicenter of American entrepreneurship and manufacturing, while setting an example for other municipal governments that appear to be headed toward a similar fate. Here is an “Austrian moment” in the making, a potential libertarian awakening guided by the market-oriented, non-interventionist principles of the Austrian school of economics.

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