Digital manufacturing site: Olympics repeat, weapons mill, or both?

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on when private interests force TIF recipients to honor job guarantees; the digital manufacturing institute's "ultimate goal" of defense products; and how the institute announcement resembles Chicago's winning of the U.S. Olympics bid. Length 5.5 minutes standard, 14.6 minutes premium.

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Article: "How much will Chicago's new digital manufacturing institute end up costing taxpayers?" (Chicago Reader)