What Should the Federal Government Be Doing About Urban Economic Development?AbstractState and local government programs that subsidize or assist individual businesses—“economic development programs”—expanded enormously in the 1980s. Today, however, many policy analysts and policymakers are rethinking both the desirability and design of these programs. They are raising the key question for policymakers: to what extent does the Nation need some sort of customized assistance to businesses, supported in part by government, to increase business productivity or reduce poverty?What Should the Federal Government Be Doing About Urban Economic Development? (*.pdf, 64 KB)
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