When he was elected mayor in 1993, New York city was veering towards a state of ungovernability.

ECONOMIST: Rudy don��t care

But then again, much of the present talk about ungovernability relates not to the recent past but to the immediate future.

ECONOMIST: America's democracy

Rudy Giuliani, New York's previous mayor, almost single-handedly pulled the city back from ungovernability and turned it into one of the world's better run metropolises.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

The main concern is ungovernability.

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