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A Chance for Disarmament in the Economic Development Subsidy Wars Between States

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States keep throwing money at corporations, a practice that does little to improve their economies. What if they all decided to end this wasteful and ruinous arms race?

States and cities spend an estimated $100 billion every year on an arms race that research shows does little to improve their economic outlook. In fact, corporate handouts actually slow down national economic growth.

Michael D. Farren, Mercatus Center, George Mason University

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