Checks and Balance: City limits - a podcast by The Economist

Since the founding of America, its people and its economy have moved steadily westwards and, later, southwards. Recently, people and businesses have flocked toSun Belt states, while cities in America’s old industrial heartland are struggling. What makes American cities boom and bust?

The Economist’s Simon Rabinovitch comparestwo places on divergent paths. We find out about a city that turned its fortunes around. And community organiser Ian Beniston explains how he’s trying to fix his Ohio hometown.  

John Prideaux presents with Charlotte Howard and Jon Fasman. 

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