Featured image: Bicyclists round the James Scott Memorial Fountain on Detroit’s Belle Isle, a once-posh island park in the Detroit River, Detroit, Michigan. Source;: Library of Congress (Public Domain)

From IntelHub by Michael Snyder
Economic Collapse Blog
April 25, 2013

Good jobs were plentiful and a manufacturing boom helped fuel the rise of the largest and most vibrant middle class in the history of the planet.  Cities such as Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Baltimore were all teeming with economic activity and the rest of the globe looked on our economic miracle with a mixture of wonder and envy.  But now look at us. . . . Read Complete Report