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Paintings, Pensions and Pain

by Paul Draus and Juliette Roddy | May 21, 2014 | Spring 2014

Sociologist Paul Draus and Economist Juliette Roddy discuss tensions in Detroit as the nation’s largest municipal bankruptcy unfolds. The competing interests of art and pensions and the stamina of social contracts in times of financial insecurity are examined.

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Paul Draus is a sociologist in the behavioral sciences department at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He is the author of Consumed in the City: Observing Tuberculosis at Century’s End.

Juliette Roddy is an economist in the health and human services department at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Her research focuses on substance use, sex work, and medical marijuana markets.

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