https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/us/flint-water-crisis-settlement.html https://www.npr.org/2020/08/20/904258763/michigan-will-pay-600-million-to-flint-residents-over-water-debacle (a) How did the community's economic status influence the dismissal and failure of leadership to respond to the emerging crisis? (b) How will/does this crisis affect the Flint community, both short-term and long term?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/us/flint-water-crisis-settlement.html https://www.npr.org/2020/08/20/904258763/michigan-will-pay-600-million-to-flint-residents-over-water-debacle (a) How did the community's economic status influence the dismissal and failure of leadership to respond to the emerging crisis? (b) How will/does this crisis affect the Flint community, both short-term and long term?

Economics:

10th Edition

ISBN:9781285859460

Author:BOYES, William

Publisher:BOYES, William

Chapter14: Macroeconomic Policy: Tradeoffs, Expectations, Credibility, And Sources Of Business Cycles

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