Foxconned: WI Economic Development Fiasco

By taking a deep dive into Wisconsin’s $4 billion flirtation with Asian tech giant Foxconn, Tabak underscores the deep problems with current U.S. economic development policy. Rampant state vs. state bidding burns taxpayer dollars in a zero-sum game which enriches corporations and well-connected contractors and vendors to the detriment of education, social services and infrastructure.