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DOC NYC : ‘Drop Dead City’ Focuses on New York’s Fiscal Crisis of 1975

Who knew that a film about accountants, bureaucrats, and municipal bond offerings could ever be interesting, let alone downright enjoyable? After all, hasn’t economics often been referred to as the “dismal science”? Despite its lugubrious title, Drop Dead City is actually quite an undismal description of how New York City was driven into near-bankruptcy half…