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Personal View: Inclusion is good economics
BETHIA BURKE
Bethia Burke
A recent opinion piece in Crain s Cleveland Business by local economist James Trutko took aim at the Cleveland Innovation Project, suggesting the vision that the Fund for Our Economic Future and its partners support is misguided. While I disagree with many criticisms leveled by Trutko, I welcome his public scrutiny. It provides an opportunity to sharpen the project s thinking and hold it to account.
However, Trutko raised one issue I cannot ignore. He asserted, sustained economic growth is … inherently unequal and further asserted the project (and presumably the region at large) should give more attention to creating a bigger economic pie and be less concerned with how the pie is split. He goes on to argue for the mythical trickle-down approach in which regional success will ultimately accrue to women and minorities, diminishing the vast difference in economic outcomes that exist today. ....

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