1. Cities Should Stop Playing the Amazon HQ2 Bidding Game

From New York Times: "There is no economic benefit to huge tax incentives to lure new companies, so why do cities keep offering them?"

2. The steep price of Amazon HQ2

From NY Daily News: "Only in the warped world we live in does it make sense that cash-strapped New York City and State just signed up to give $3 billion in tax breaks and green money from you and me to one of the world's richest companies for a new headquarters — or that any city or state would think to."

3. Amazon's HQ2 stunt could come back to haunt it

From The Verge: "The backlash to its big office move was immediate — and it's growing."

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