Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Economic Development
Overview
State and local governments offer large financial incentives to attract employers to their part of the country. John Oliver explains what communities get, or often don't get, in return.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 29
- Air date
- 2017-11-05
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Economic Development is Episode 29 in Season 4 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2017-11-05. The runtime is 30 min.
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