As gig-economy platforms proliferate, cities struggle to keep up
A sector impacting more than a third of the workforce is hobbled by lagging municipal regulations. What can change?
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Tag: Economic Development
Seeking a more worker-friendly economy, some cities, states push employee ownership
Businesses owned by employees are rare in the U.S.; some governments are trying to change that.
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The real state of the city?
From the Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Talent is precious. That’s why economic development should focus on developing it
Today, cities try to attract jobs. Tomorrow? They'll attract -- and, increasingly, develop their own -- talent.
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Economic development needs to get over its big-idea problem
A report on how cities can improve economic development efforts swings for the fences; unfortunately, it's more of a foul ...
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Mergers drive moves: Schwab will relocate to lower-tax Texas following Ameritrade purchase
The Charles Schwab/TD Ameritrade merger shows how jobs and corporate revenue, like water, flow to the point of least resistance.
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Upscale apartments net tax breaks meant for low-income areas
Congress created the opportunity zone tax break in 2017; now, some question whether the no-strings-attached approach is paying off.
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A tale of two cities — and their approach to sports subsidies
City leaders didn't offer any money to bring the NFL's Rams back to Los Angeles; Kansas City and St. Louis ...
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