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The City That Sold Itself To Wall Street

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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A Winter's Day in Chicago: Investigating the Controversial Sale of Parking Meters

A winter's day in Chicago in 2009, Scott Waggersbach investigates a complaint about garbage blocking an alley/nThe garbage turns out to be paperwork related to the controversial sale of Chicago's parking meters/nChicago's mayor, Richard M. Daly, had a reputation for selling off chunks of the city/nMayor Daly's chief financial officer, Paul Volpe, acknowledges Daly's leadership in the industry

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