Review: Definitely something to learn from the book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 27, 2014
I remember watching a Michael Moore movie which showed some bankrupt cities in the US that could be compared to some third world country cities. I was surprised, who wouldn’t be? But then this book by Larry Berg deciphers just how a city in one of the most powerful countries in the world goes bankrupt.Larry Berg starts off from the beginning, from the history of Detroit, how it came into being and slowly became the city with the highest per capita income. And it all came down; how did the fall come about and what was the reason? Larry Berg follows the spiral down in detail, mentioning every reason and discussing it in fine point.The title of this book is pretty long! But the thing to note here is that it also promises its reader’s important lessons learnt from the history of Detroit to be applied in reality to prevent such disasters in the future. And Larry Berg does not disappoint, he gives a detailed dos and don’ts list so that another Detroit does not happen.