Discover four key economic concepts: scarcity, supply and demand, costs and benefits, and incentives. Learn how they affect consumer choices and financial decisions.

In the latest Tax Notes Talk episode, Josh Goodman of the Pew Charitable Trusts talks about the organization’s recent report on how states can direct economic development to people and places in need.

The rotunda is seen during the first day of the legislative session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday, January 13, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers ...

Last week’s tax incentive package that would keep Nissan Motor Co.’s regional headquarters and its 1,300 jobs in the L.A. area was the latest proposal aimed at retaining key businesses and industries.

Tax incentives are one of the most controversial tools in the economic development tool kit. Proponents, including economic development officials, business leaders, developers and industry executives, ...

A bill advancing in the Senate would redirect some state business recruitment incentives away from the Triangle to help boost economic development in poorer areas of the state. A bill advancing in the ...

This report from the Pew Center on the States shows that policy makers often create tax credits, deductions, and exemptions without reliable cost estimates and annual cost controls. Even in tight ...

Experts have slowly gravitated toward the benefits of broad-based incentives instead of luring specific companies with expensive incentive packages. But what do the hard numbers say? Tech giant Amazon ...

Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced in March 2022 that it would open an electric vehicle assembly plant in North Carolina. The battery manufacturing plant will be built in Chatham County and is ...

Despite the optimistic tone of government propaganda, the Chinese economy is facing serious challenges. Conversations with ordinary people in China reveal a pervasive sense of pessimism. Almost ...