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Amazon’s Arrival Requires Smarter Housing in Arlington
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Florida's Future Is Bright Even Without Amazon
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Amazon's HQ2 Would Have Been like the Iceberg to the Titanic for Nashville
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Kansas and North Carolina Can Teach Us a Lot
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Right about Amazon’s Corporate Welfare
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Do DC Leaders Want More Innovative Transportation or Not?
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The Carbon Tax Is Dead, Long Live the Carbon Tax
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New York's Smaller Counties Getting Left Behind
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Want to Create Jobs? Curb Occupational Licensure
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Amazon HQ2 Is the Only Competition Where the Losers Are Winners
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Making State and Local Policy Work for the New Wave of Transportation Innovation
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Hemp in the United States
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Want to Attract the Next HQ2? Become the Best Place to Live
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What Could States and Municipalities Have Done with That Amazon HQ2 Money?
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This Thanksgiving, Talk to Your Family About Zoning
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Amazon HQ2 Decision Shines Light on Urban Housing Issues
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Amazon’s Arrival Requires Smarter Housing in Arlington
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Florida's Future Is Bright Even Without Amazon
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
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Amazon's HQ2 Would Have Been like the Iceberg to the Titanic for Nashville
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How Does Tax Reform Change a State’s Fiscal Health?
Kansas and North Carolina Can Teach Us a Lot
![1024px-north-carolina-legislative-building-20080321-min.jpeg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/1024px-north-carolina-legislative-building-20080321-min.jpeg?itok=DHD5JCCD)
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Right about Amazon’s Corporate Welfare
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New Scooter Lawsuits Threaten Innovation
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Do DC Leaders Want More Innovative Transportation or Not?
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The Carbon Tax Is Dead, Long Live the Carbon Tax
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New York's Smaller Counties Getting Left Behind
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Want to Create Jobs? Curb Occupational Licensure
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Amazon HQ2 Is the Only Competition Where the Losers Are Winners
Why Economic Development Subsidies Hurt More than They Help
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
Making State and Local Policy Work for the New Wave of Transportation Innovation
![gettyimages-1048127530-min.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/gettyimages-1048127530-min.jpg?itok=N3GS7TNk)
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Hemp in the United States
A Case Study of Regulatory Path Dependence
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Seattle’s Tale of Two Stadiums
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Texas’ Economy Postpones State Budget Problems
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Natural Resources Can Be a Blessing or a Curse for State Fiscal Conditions
Oil Tax Revenue Volatility and Windfalls
![3479658a-min.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/3479658a-min.jpg?itok=_qW3tPNX)
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Expanding Medicaid: The Conflicting Incentives Facing States
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Motor City Can’t Drive Itself Anymore
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How to Pay for Highways
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FEMA Doesn't Have Local Knowledge Needed for Effective Relief
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Interest Rate Swaps Gamble Taxpayer Dollars
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The Dependent States of America
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States' Finances Threaten Whole Country
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Scott Walker, Chris Christie Deal With State Budget Realities
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Waking Up Warwick, Rhode Island
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Public Pensions and Rosy Projections
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Do Video Game Makers Need Subsidies from Rhode Island?
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Maryland’s Spending Limit: Appearances Can Be Deceiving
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Tornado Recovery: How Joplin Is Beating Tuscaloosa
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Good Business Climate Won't Need Incentives
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Public Sector Plans and the Consequences of Investment Risk
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To Stop Insider Trading in D.C., Shrink Government
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