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Picking Apart Foreign Investment In U.S. Cities

By Tony Ganzer
Published June 23, 2014 at 11:07 PM EDT
Which cities are attracting foreign direct investment, and what should officials do about it? (WCPN/Tony Ganzer)
Which cities are attracting foreign direct investment, and what should officials do about it? (WCPN/Tony Ganzer)

If one thing is certain about a healthy economy, it is that it attracts investment. If your city is doing well, if it has expertise, it makes sense companies will think about joining in. The Brookings Institution recently looked at 100 metro areas in the US to see specifically where foreign direct investment, FDI, was flowing from 1991 to 2011. Some Ohio cities are still hubs of attraction. But Brookings researcher Devashree Saha warns ideastream's Tony Ganzer, that this report is not about finding best practices.
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Tony Ganzer
Tony Ganzer has reported from Phoenix to Cairo, and was the host of 90.3's "All Things Considered." He was previously a correspondent with the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, covering issues like Swiss banks, Parliament, and refugees. He earned an M.A. in International Relations (University of Leicester); and a B.Sc. in Journalism (University of Idaho.) He speaks German, and a bit of French.
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