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“D.C.‘s economy has come a long way from its days as a sleepy government town. It has evolved a highly educated, highly skilled economy that is driven by knowledge, technology, and creativity. But its economy is also one where government plays an important role, both through direct employment and through more significant indirect multiplier effects. If great research universities are the hubs of other knowledge and tech regions, the government broadly can be considered the hub of D.C.‘s knowledge economy.”
The Truth About D.C.‘s Growing Knowledge-Based Economy : http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/10/truth-about-dcs-growing-knowledge-based-economy/7317/
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The Atlantic blog post quoted and linked above seems to gloss over one point I felt should have been explored: How many of these ‘tech’ and ‘knowledge’ jobs exist because the firm either benefits directly from government contracts, or relied heavily on such contracts to when they were first getting started? Not a “multiplier effect” but a direct payment as a Fed contractor? The definition of government ‘employment’ should have been extended to include these.
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