Economic development or social development? A strategy for rebuilding inner cities

Recently there has been a growing chorus of voices focusing on various aspects of economic development as the primary means to revitalizing our inner cities. This essay, while recognizing the importance of inner-city capital formation, focuses on the importance of the social organization as the key to inner-city development. The essay examines the development of a new organization in Baltimore, Maryland, the Solidarity Sponsoring Committee, S.S.C.