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Economic Development
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PropertyProf Blog
Schragger on Cities, Economic Development, and the Free Trade Constitution
By propertyprof
Richard C. Schragger (UVA) has posted Cities, Economic Development, and the Free Trade Constitution on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The role of cities and local government generally has gone unexamined by…
Land Use Prof Blog
Where have all the city groceries gone?
The rich are different, F. Scott Fitzgerald said, but the poor are different too—especially the communities in which they live. Many young people in poor towns or city neighborhoods…
inversecondemnation.com
▪ “Drawbridge Protectionism,” the Superferry EA / EIS, Raindrops, and Floods
The issues in the lawsuits about the Hawaii Superferry Environmental Assessment dwell on legal technicalities such as standing, the statute of repose, and the standard of review. But the case…
inversecondemnation.com
▪ NY Times on Property Rights as Constitutional Rights
In "How Eminent Should Domain Be?," the NY Times writes about an official in a Westchester County town who understands the connection between property rights and constitutional rights, especially in…
Land Use Prof Blog
What does it take to open up a music hall?
Once upon a time, a new commercial business opened by private initiative. But in many places in our more sophisticated age, a commercial venture necessitates a partnership between the…
Virgin Islands Law Blog
International Lawyers Learn of Virgin Islands EDC Program
By Tom Bolt
Tom Bolt, Managing Attorney of Tom Bolt & Associates, PC, addressed the Annual Meeting of the Network of Leading Law Firms at their Annual Meeting in New York this past…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Milhaupt & Pister on Law and Capitalism
An abstract of Law and Capitalism: What Corporate Crises Reveal About Legal Systems and Economic Development Around the World , by CURTIS J. MILHAUPT and KATHARINA PISTOR was recently posted…
The CPA Desk
Taiwan as an Entrepreneurial Model
By Greg Price
Continuing from my last post about entrepreneurial periods in the U.S. history has shown that our economy is stronger during periods of entrepreneurialism. One interesting thing to look at is…
Land Use Prof Blog
A revival of the cities? … even Detroit?
Will depopulated cities such as Detroit experience a rebirth in population and economic activity? In a sense, the answer has to be "yes;" after all, for depressed central…
Technology Law Source
Columbus, Ohio Gets Nanotech!!
The Ohio Department of Development recently announced a significant financial incentive that it awarded to Zyvex Performance Materials, Inc., a "leading nano-technology company providing tools and instrumentation to the semi-conductor and…