Detroit Seeks Bankruptcy, Facing Debts of $18 Billion - NYTimes.com
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/us/detroit-files-for-bankruptcy.html?hpw&_r=0
Détroit, l’agonie, le commencement de la fin
DETROIT — Detroit, the cradle of America’s automobile industry and once the nation’s fourth-most-populous city, has filed for bankruptcy, an official said Thursday afternoon, the largest American city ever to take such a course.
Predicting city bankruptcies with #open_data: The case of Detroit
Many have noticed that the United States last week was struck by its biggest municipal bankruptcy ever, when the City of Detroit declared bankruptcy. Less well known is the fact that Moody’s, the major credit rating agency, downgraded the City of Chicago by three notches at about the same time.
▻http://blog.okfn.org/2013/07/31/predicting-city-bankruptcies-with-open-data-the-case-of-detroit
