Economic development policy is an area where free-market advocates like ourselves often share a great deal of common cause with left-wing progressives. We may start with different principles and have a different view of the appropriate roles of businesses and government in a healthy society, but we can all agree that the way big business … Continue reading The Guardian: Amazon faces new headache as Nashville deal enrages locals left and right
Op-ed in The Tennessean: Nashville didn’t need to make a deal with Amazon
With some of the highest economic growth and lowest unemployment in the nation, Nashville's leaders should be focusing on how to manage the economic activity they have rather than throwing $100 million at Amazon to locate a new facility there. In the Tennessean, CEA President John Mozena raised the question of whose interests were truly … Continue reading Op-ed in The Tennessean: Nashville didn’t need to make a deal with Amazon
Op-ed in Crain’s Detroit Business: Money for roads hidden by corporate tax breaks
Michigan's governor has proposed the nation's largest gas tax to pay for repairing the state's decrepit roads. In this week's Crain's Detroit Business, CEA President John Mozena offers an alternative: The fairest, least disruptive and most effective way to unlock more funding for our roads would simply be to unwind Michigan's massive — and massively … Continue reading Op-ed in Crain’s Detroit Business: Money for roads hidden by corporate tax breaks
Detroit News op-ed: Michigan can’t afford bipartisan corporate welfare
In the Detroit News, CEA President John C. Mozena makes the case that development subsidies are an issue outside the normal political partisan spectrum: From whatever angle you come at it personally, there’s a growing agreement that this isn’t a Right versus Left battle, but rather a case of “Us versus Them” — people with … Continue reading Detroit News op-ed: Michigan can’t afford bipartisan corporate welfare
