This month, we dive into some topics we’ve touched on recently – the economic and fiscal impacts of inclusionary zoning; social and political sorting; and agglomeration effects in the economy. This month’s grab-bag of analysis isn’t really a random assortment of observations so much as a group of related items, but it is still flotsam …
In this edition, we take a brief tour of the past 20 years of regional growth. Having used much of my monthly allotment of words in last week’s think piece, I’ll keep this one brief. Total Employment In terms of total employment, MoCo was 17.50% of regional total employment in 2001 and has since steadily …
MOCO VERSUS MARYLAND AND THE METRO AREA – A 20-YEAR HISTORY Read More »
In this MoCo Economy Watch, we try to untangle a gordian knot – the relationship between the local economy and government taxing and spending. Local taxing and spending do impact local economic performance. Today we’re going to dig into the literature and explore how and why that happens. local taxing and spending decisions actually affect …
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