Month: August 2015

Story Time: Help share The Local Economy Revolution at SXSW 2016

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The international tech mega-conference South By Southwest Interactive has been showing more and more interest in remaking local government in recent years.  But even though conference organizers pretty clearly want to talk about it, they seem to get only a few submissions for panels or presentations on those topics. As you might guess if you've …

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Yeah, that pesky tax cut impact data: the long term view from Brookings

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The Brookings Institution delivered another blow to the received wisdom that tax cuts generate economic benefits the other day, with this post examining the long term impacts of the federal deals that set the ground work for similar programs nationwide.  Here's a selection: But the record is clear that tax cuts have not boosted growth.  …

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