“Opportunity Zones” Are a Game Only the Rich Can Play

Too often they bring storage facilities and upscale college housing, but not economic prosperity

On SW Taylor Street in Portland, Oregon, there is a shiny new glass-and-steel building with a fireplace in its grand lobby. Developers got approval for the posh retail and office project in 2016 and, a year later, a local gas utility inked a 20-year lease to house its headquarters there. As it ...
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“Opportunity Zones” Are a Game Only the Rich Can Play

The Big Tax Breaks Behind Big Chicken

All subsidizing these giants does is reinforce the status quo

_____ The Guardian published a good piece recently by Nina Lakhani, who looked at the power Tyson — which is one of the largest meat processors in the world and the largest chicken processor in the U.S. — has over local communities, businesses, and workers. “When a company like Tyson can get ...
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The Big Tax Breaks Behind Big Chicken