The competition between local governments for economic development is generally regarded as producing both inefficiencies and inequities. Competition forces governments to increase subsidies and incentives offered to private firms, favors new firms over existing businesses, and often results in...

New Deal Ruins -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Public Housing and Urban Planning Orthodoxy -- 1. The Quiet Successes and Loud Failures of Public Housing -- 2. Dismantling Public Housing -- 3. Demolition in Chicago, New Orleans, and Atlanta -- 4. "Negro Removal"...

Regional scientists and geographers have long tried to uncover the keys to regional success through comparative studies. From Chinitz's (1961) comparison of Pittsburgh and New York to Saxenian's (1994) pairing of Silicon Valley and Route 128, these studies have generally adopted an...

Based on approximately fifty interviews, along with analysis of data and newspaper coverage, this report compares local responses to surging foreclosures in three pairs of regions with similar housing markets and foreclosure-related challenges (St. Louis/Cleveland, East Bay/Riverside, and...