Foxconned: Imaginary Jobs, Bulldozed Homes & the Sacking of Local Government — The Subsidy Trap
What happens when the political value of announcing a development project arrives immediately, while the financial consequences remain hidden for years?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using Foxconned: Imaginary Jobs, Bulldozed Homes & the Sacking of Local Government by Lawrence Tabak as our lens, this Deep Dive investigates the corporate subsidy system behind Wisconsin’s Foxconn project.
The deal was promoted as a $10 billion investment that would create 13,000 manufacturing jobs. In pursuit of that promise, public institutions committed…
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