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A man walks past a closed store with signs reading "Closing down sale" and "Everything goes, shoes, clothes, take advantage" in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, June 29, 2015.

To help Puerto Rico, we might want to think of it more like Detroit

Economics

Puerto Rico has a terrible economy. That’s why some economists think that allowing it to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy might be a good idea.

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