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Category Archives: National vs. state vs. local
The national perspective towards early childhood programs
In this series of posts, I am exploring how the economic development benefits of business incentives and early childhood programs vary when considered from a national perspective, compared to a state or local perspective. This topic is explored in depth … Continue reading
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The national perspective: are business incentives a zero-sum game?
Most of this blog’s posts on business incentives and early childhood programs have taken a state and local perspective. I have focused on whether these policies produce “local economic development benefits”, which are defined as higher per capita earnings for … Continue reading
The State of the Union and the States
President Obama’s State of the Union address focused on “winning the future”. This strategy included winning the future through public investments, including educational investments. For advocates of early childhood programs, it is noteworthy that the educational investments that were mentioned … Continue reading
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Investing in Kids now ready for shipping!
The Upjohn Institute Press now has both hardback and paperback copies of my book investing in Kids available. You can order online at the Institute’s website. The paperback goes for $20. A great value for a book of 415 pages! … Continue reading
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President Obama and early childhood programs
The invaluable blog EarlyStories, written by Liz Willen and Sarah Garland at The Hechinger Report, links to a report from the “Obameter” of the PolitiFact project of the St. Petersburg Times. This project seeks to rate whether various campaign promises of … Continue reading
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If public investment in pre-k is needed, who should be doing the investing?
Ezra Klein has posted a nice column that summarizes some long-term issues facing the U.S. The essence of his argument is that in addition to closing the budget deficit, we need to make additional productive investments, and to identify such … Continue reading
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Film incentives: why are they particularly problematic as economic development incentives?
In a recent blog post, Matt Yglesias casts a skeptical eye on incentives for film production in a particular state or local economy. Many states offer huge incentives for films to be made in the state, on the grounds that … Continue reading
The politics and economics of state versus federal action on early childhood programs
Many are accustomed to seeing federal action as the key to large-scale social reforms. However, in the case of early childhood programs, successful social reform may be more likely to occur due to state and local activism. Such activism can … Continue reading
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