Amazon’s HQ2
Amazon’s HQ2
- August 16, 2018
- Ami Glazer, economics, via CNBC, Aug. 16, 2018
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Amazon could soon make the short list of candidates for the location of its $5 billion
headquarters …. Amazon is banking on politicians who will do anything to win. [Amihai
Glazer, professor of economics, University of California, Irvine], said, “They overestimate
what the benefits will be, and particularly the city that bid the most is probably
the one that most overestimated what the benefits are.” (starts at 25:46)
For the full story, please visit http://nbr.com/2018/08/16/nightly-business-report-august-16-2018/.
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