Insufficient due diligence, speculative returns, lack of concern for local impacts and convoluted structure set project apart in a historic year for corporate welfare megadeals. December 27, 2022 – Georgia’s $1.5 billion subsidy of a Rivian electric vehicle assembly plant has been selected as the “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year” for 2022 by … Continue reading Georgia’s Rivian Plant Subsidy Recognized as 2022’s “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year” by the Center for Economic Accountability
Cato Daily Podcast: 2022’s Big State Subsidy Binge
CEA President John Mozena joined the Cato Daily Podcast to discuss 2022's unprecedented slew of gigantic corporate welfare deals, including how federal policy drove harmful decisions at the state and local level. Listen to the podcast here or wherever you get your podcasts.
Column in National Review: It’s Time to Call Out America’s Corporate Welfare State
In National Review's Capital Matters, CEA President John C. Mozena laid out the case against the prevailing subsidy-first model of economic development in America's state and municipal governments: Many complain that these sorts of subsidy programs are the government “picking winners and losers.” If only that were true. In reality, economic development agencies pick both … Continue reading Column in National Review: It’s Time to Call Out America’s Corporate Welfare State
2022 Is the Worst Year in History for State Corporate Welfare Megadeals
Facing election-year pressure from voters and flush with federal cash, governors across America have signed three times more billion-dollar subsidy deals than any previous year in history. September 15, 2022 – An unprecedented flood of economic development “megadeals” with potential billon-dollar price tags across the United States is turning 2022 into a uniquely expensive year … Continue reading 2022 Is the Worst Year in History for State Corporate Welfare Megadeals
CEA Interview in Site Selection Magazine
Last year, Site Selection Magazine chose Apple's new R&D campus in North Carolina as one of its "Top Deals of 2021." That's the same $846 million subsidy deal that the CEA called the "Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year." In an effort to dig into the disconnect between the two recognitions, Site Selection Managing … Continue reading CEA Interview in Site Selection Magazine