Economic Development, Immigration and Urban Planning - A revealing look at the Amazon-Queens Story

Stuart Shapiro welcomes Professor James DeFilippis on this riveting episode of EJBTalks. DeFilippis discusses his recent work on the role of immigration and organizational politics in local economic development. He discusses in depth, how the Amazon's HQ2 plan for Long Island City and Western Queens epitomized the use of local tax incentives to attract mega corporations, often contrary to the wishes of the community's residents. Defilippis also discusses how culturally diverse places like Queens have particularly fascinating organizational politics with alliances that are often unpredictable to the outside observer.