When Government Fails: The Orange County Bankruptcy

by Mark Baldassare

Book Overview

When Orange County, California, filed for Chapter 9 protection on December 6, 1994, it became the largest municipality in United States history to declare bankruptcy. In the first comprehensive analysis of this momentous fiscal crisis, Mark Baldassare uncovers the many twists and turns from the dark days in December 1994 to the financial recovery of June 1996. Utilizing a wealth of primary materials from the county government and Merrill Lynch, as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520214862
• ISBN13: 9780520214866
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"