Cities keep hearing the same pitch: "Give us tax breaks, incentives, and subsidies, or we'll leave."
My latest piece asks why we treat multinational corporations and neighborhood businesses as the same thing. One can relocate at the stroke of a CEO's pen. The other is already home.
2. As major companies cut jobs and seek subsidies, Marcus Harrison Green makes the case for supporting worker-owned, family-run, and neighborhood businesses that keep wealth circulating locally.