The Great American Jobs Scam — When Cities Compete, Corporations Win
What if the competition to attract jobs is actually a system that makes communities compete against themselves?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using The Great American Jobs Scam: Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation by Greg LeRoy as our lens, this investigation examines how corporations use secrecy, relocation threats, and fragmented governments to secure taxpayer subsidies.
LeRoy argues that workforce skills, infrastructure, transportation, suppliers, and market access usually matter more to corporate location decisions than tax…
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