http://www.inthesetimes.com/archives/tags/detroit/ In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. en-us Expression Engine jessica@inthesetimes.com seamus@inthesetimes.com Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4247/detroit_city_of_hope/ Detroit is a city of Hope rather than a city of Despair. The thousands of vacant lots and abandoned houses not only provide the space to begin anew but also the incentive to create innovative ways of making our living--ways that nurture our productive, cooperative and caring selves. The media and pundits keep repeating that today's economic meltdown is the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. But in the '30s, the United States was an overproducing industrial giant, not today's casino economy. In the last few decades, once-productive Americans have been transformed into consumers, using more and more of the resources of the earth to foster ways of living that are unsustainable and unsatisfying. This way of life has… Detroit economy social justice Grace Lee Boggs