Thursday, 28 April 2016

Regional alignment, not competition: How Greater Milwaukee is remaking economic development (Amy Liu, Brookings)

Steam is seen drifting from a factory over the Hoan Bridge in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in this February, 6, 2014.

Nearly every city and its surrounding counties compete on business location, motivated to maximize their individual tax bases. I have written, along with countless others, about how this prisoner’s dilemma for jurisdictions often results in little, if any, creation of new jobs or income in metro areas.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2016/04/27-milwaukee-economic-development-liu

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