Tim Bartik quoted and cited in Washington Post articles on Carrier plant jobs

Tim BArtikInstitute senior economist Tim Bartik is quoted and cited in articles appearing on December 1 in the Washington Post.

In "Trump nominees map out plans for tax cuts, trade and Carrier-style negotiations" by Ylan Q. Mui and Max Ehrenfreund, Bartik warns about problems that could arise by haphazardly awarding economic development benefits to individual firms.

In "Trump and the Carrier plant: Smart politics, unsustainable economics," Jared Bernstein cites Bartik's research on what works in local and regional economic development.


Date: December 1, 2016