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434. Is New York City Over?

10.08.2020 - By Freakonomics Radio + StitcherPlay

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The pandemic has hit America's biggest city particularly hard. Amidst a deep fiscal hole, rising homicides, and a flight to the suburbs, some people think the city is heading back to the bad old 1970s. We look at the history — and the data — to see why that’s probably not the case.

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