French photographers created a picture essay of Detroit's ruined buildings. These spectacular photos communicate the feelings of despair and abandonment that must have accompanied the city's decline.
The first photo is of Michigan Central Train Station (used 1913-1988), huge and empty, with windows busted out. There's a school, an elegant house, a once-beautiful theater. None could be restored, because the wealth of the community melted away.
A Bloomberg opinion writer thinks that the Detroit car makers refused to innovate and that's what caused the decline. He says it is still happening, that now they are pressuring politicians to protect their industry from the innovations of Tesla Motors, Inc.
"Any industry that shelters behind government restrictions that hurt consumers is headed for decline and deserves to be."
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