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Opportunity Zones: A Program In Search Of A Purpose, Ofer Eldar, Chelsea Garber
Opportunity Zones: A Program In Search Of A Purpose, Ofer Eldar, Chelsea Garber
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In 2017, Congress created the Opportunity Zone (“OZ”) program to stimulate economic growth in low-income communities. The program was characterized by its unprecedented scale relative to previous place-based development efforts and was described as “perhaps the most ambitious economic development tool to come out of Congress in a generation.” However, the program was quickly criticized on numerous grounds, and its design flaws are so severe that several legislators have called for its reform or repeal.
This Essay argues that the root of the OZ program’s problems is a strong mismatch between its stated purpose and its actual terms. We discuss …
Organ Entrepreneurs, Kieran Healy, Kimberly D. Krawiec
Organ Entrepreneurs, Kieran Healy, Kimberly D. Krawiec
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The supply of human organs for transplantation might seem an unlikely place to begin thinking about entrepreneurship. After all, there is no production market for human organs and, with the surprising exception of Iran, legal rules around the world make the sale of human organs for transplantation a criminal offense. Yet entrepreneurs have been present throughout the history of organ transplantation — a history of the active exploration, innovation, and management of a potentially very controversial exchange at the seemingly clear boundaries that separate giving from selling, life from death, and right from wrong.
This article explores the role of …