Take the Money and Don’t Run: Encouraging More Job Creation

Incentives aren’t the free ride they used to be.

For decades, states and local governments have doled out grants and tax breaks to companies that say they will move in and create jobs. But officials are getting tired of businesses that renege on their promises or simply pick up stakes after collecting their cash.

By Conor Dougherty

From The Wall Street Journal Online

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