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The Great American Jobs Scam: Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation Greg Leroy 
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars Rank: 4645 (Iowa City, IA) July 5, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars As Greg LeRoy makes abundantly clear through one rich example after another, state and local governments are spending taxpayers' money with abandon in the name of "economic development" and not producing the desired results: more and better jobs. And he puts these examples into context, explaining how the estimated $50 billion a year in business subsidies has resulted in a huge shift in the nation's tax burden - from large corporations to ordinary citizens. For over 20 years, Greg LeRoy has been on the front lines of the effort to make state and local government economic development programs smarter and more accountable. And he and the local leaders and local organizations that he has worked with in various parts of the country have had some notable successes in adding disclosure and evaluation requirements, and job quality standards, to some of these programs. Some states and localities have even adopted money-back-guarantee requirements (frequently called "clawbacks") to deal with the countless number of situations (many good examples of which are given in this book) in which firms take big subsidies from the government and then fail to deliver on their job creation and job retention promises, and sometimes even cut their workforces substantially I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with Greg LeRoy since 1994 and I am continually amazed by his mastery of this important subject. In this book, Greg distills his vast knowledge and experience into a well-written and entertaining volume that doesn't just explain what is going on but tells us why and what we can do to change things. Anyone who wants to improve the American economy will benefit from reading this book.
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