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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by tedunangst on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @05:13PM (#18445424)
One might make the case that the cities were not acting rationally.
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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by throwaway2048 on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @05:39PM (#18445596)
Its rational to not entertain amazon's offer only if you know for certain nobody else will either. The first one to defect gets everything.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superrationality

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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by tedunangst on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:48AM (#18447795)
This is like paying Tom sawyer to paint the fence. It's okay to let the other kids outbid you.
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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by clarky07 on Friday November 16, 2018 @12:50PM (#18470438)
I'm not sure I'd agree with that. For instance, I think the Nashville deal is fantastic for my city/state. we are getting 20% of the jobs (5k vs 25k) for "only" about 100 million compared to several billion from NY and VA. It will easily make that back in benefits to the local economy and increased tax revenues.
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