Tag: mississippi economic development
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Trends in Economic Development – 2013
Jay Moon, Immediate Past-Chair of the International Economic Development Council and current President and CEO of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, addressed the Mississippi Economic Development Council today on the subject of Trends in Economic Development. Here are my notes from his remarks: Global competition will increase; Attracting capital will be more difficult; Budget cuts will…
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What some say about Mississippi economic development.
The following appears in an article entitled “Economic specialist: Local development needs to be more than new factories” in the May 16, 2011 online edition of the Portage (WI) Daily Register: What makes a good business climate? A U.S. state once touted itself as a place with an optimal business climate. Its taxes were low.…