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Whet Moser
Why Chicago Isn't Detroit: More Theories
By Whet Moser
The collapse of Detroit is attributed to a familiar litany of reasons, but they're ones that, in many ways, are shared by our city. A local urban planner, born in Detroit, shares some ideas for why the Motor City's collapse was so much worse than its Rust Belt peers. Read more
What a Plague of Locusts Looks Like
By Whet Moser
In 1915, a group of Millennarian Chicago expats lived through a plague of locusts in Jerusalem. Their colony is now gone, but they left behind a hotel, Nobel Prize-winning literature, and some beautiful, eerie locust pictures. Read more
MF Global: Does Money Vaporize, Just Like That?
By Whet Moser
Did the "vaporized" MF Global money dry up, like a raisin in the sun? Or did it explode? Probably none of the above—as investigators hunt for the missing cash, the answer will probably be much less abstract. Meanwhile, Midwestern farmers are sweating the firm's incompetence. Read more