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USA Today: AT&T, Verizon, Exxon are top corporate spenders

  • September 10, 2014
  • The Progressive Policy Institute

PPI Economist Diana Carew was quoted in a USA Today exclusive covering PPI’s newest report, U.S. Investment Heroes of 2014: Investing at Home in a Connected World. Carew co-authored the report with PPI Senior Economic Strategist Michael Mandel.

PPI economist Diana Carew says the government should promote faster capital spending growth and contributions from more industries through policies that encourage investment.

Last year, three sectors — telecommunications and cable, Internet and technology, and energy — accounted for 83% of the top 25 firms’ total investment.

“Policies need to make investment an explicit focus,” Carew says.

Continue reading on USA Today.

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