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American Taxpayers Pick up New Jersey Commuters’ Fare | The Hill
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An Interstate Compact to Phase Out Corporate Giveaways
Chair Bush, Vice-Chair Bennett, Representative Baumbach, and members of the Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce
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Which Taxes Pay for Which State and Local Employees?
The economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 epidemic has led to historic job losses across a range of industries. Nonfarm
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An Interstate Compact to Phase Out Corporate Giveaways
Chairperson Zalewski, Vice Chairperson Evans, Republican Spokesperson Sosnowski, and members of the House Committee on Revenue &
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An Interstate Compact to Phase Out Company Giveaways
Chair Kaiser, Vice Chair Washington, and members of the House Ways and Means Committee:My name is Michael Farren, and my
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States are swamped by subsidies — can Congress help?
Michael D. Farren explains how Congress can help states scale back their oft-problematic economic development subsidies.Read it
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The State of State and Local Tax Incentives and Subsidies to Local Business
Chair Ancel, Chair Cummings, members of the House Committee on Ways and Means, and Members of the Senate Committee on Finance
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Understanding Why Economic Development Subsidies Are a Problem and What Can Be Done about Them
Chair Ancel, Chair Cummings, members of the House Committee on Ways and Means, and members of the Senate Committee on Finance:My
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Using an Interstate Compact to Solve the Problems with Economic Development Subsidies
Good afternoon, Chairman Almy, Vice Chairman Ames, and members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Ways and Means
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Reforming the Rules on Wisconsin’s Tax Increment Districts
Note: The hearing for which this testimony was submitted was cancelled and never occurred. Good afternoon Chair Stroebel, Vice
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Two years later, highly-touted Foxconn subsidies look more dubious than ever
Michael D. Farren and Matthew Mitchell look back on the Foxconn subsidies in Wisconsin, two years after the Taiwanese
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The Economics of a Targeted Economic Development Subsidy
Many government officials consider targeted economic development subsidies key to economic development. In a recent survey of
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Ending the Economic Race to the Bottom: An Interstate Compact Is a Win-Win Solution to Subsidies
Listen to Dr. Farren's testimony here.Michael Farren testified before the Utah State Legislature’s Economic Development and
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The State of State and Local Subsidies to Business
State and local subsidies to business are a significant factor in the distortion of the US economy. This is because subsidies
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Researching the American Founding
Michael D. Farren discusses the recent spat between Nike and Arizona governor Duvey, and the corporate welfare surrounding it
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Tax Credits Generally Fail to Achieve Goals
Michael Farren writes a letter to the editor explaining the negative aspects of government tax credits designed to promote jobs
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Arlington Should Deny Amazon $51M in HQ2 Subsidies
Michael D. Farren and Anne Philpot argue that Arlington, Virginia ought to deny Amazon the massive tax breaks promised for the
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Michael D. Farren on C-SPAN's Washington Journal
Michael D. Farren appeared on C-SPAN's morning program Washington Journal to discuss corporate welfare and the recent Amazon HQ2
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What Amazon Didn’t Get From New York
Tyler Cowen writes on New York's failed deal with Amazon.Read it at Bloomberg.
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Michael D. Farren on the Jim Bohannon Show
Michael D. Farren appears on the Jim Bohannon Show to discuss the Amazon exit from New York City.