In this episode, Phil Hall revisits the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis with Richard E. Farley, author of “Drop Dead: How a Coterie of Corrupt Politicians, Bankers, Lawyers, Spinmeisters, and Mobsters Bankrupted New York, Got Bailed Out, Blamed the President, and Went Back to Business as Usual (And It Might Be Happening Again).”

The episode can be heard here.