Comments on: Self-Interest Economics http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/14/self-interest-economics/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:45:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Brad Steel http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/14/self-interest-economics/#comment-13742 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:51:54 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-13742 Take you pick for the “Atlanta” definition to support what ever agenda it best fits. Some of the myriad choices include:

28-county MSA (defined by the Feds)
20-county MSA (defined by the Feds)
XX-county MSA (defined by the Feds on XX – seems to change every couple years)
10-county area (defined by the ARC)
Atlanta City Limits (probably defined by General Sherman)
I.T.P (defined by city snobs)
North of I-20 and ITP (defined by people with money and/or political office)
“The ATL” (defined by Jermain Dupri)
“Not Decatur” (defined by people who live in Decatur)
Buckhead/Lenox (defined by people driving from afar to Xmas shop)
I-75/85 (defined by non-residents stopped in traffic)
Hartsfield-Jackson (defined by people forced to make a connecting flight)
any others?

]]> By: Decatur Metro http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/14/self-interest-economics/#comment-13728 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:51:10 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-13728 A good point indeed. This seems to be the perennial question when discussing cities in comparison to anything else: how is the city defined?

]]> By: Brad Steel http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/14/self-interest-economics/#comment-13717 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:02:49 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-13717 Good point, Andisheh. If stimulus dollar distribution is calculated using the standards of the OMB (Office of Management and Budget – Federal statistical agency that collects, tabulates, and publishes Federal budget statistics) or the Census definition of the Atlanta MSA, what is “Atlanta” and what is “the rest of the state” seems pretty meaningless (e.g. the MSA borders Alabama – phu-leez).

The MSA map can be found at many places including:

http://geofred.stlouisfed.org/?seid=ATLA013LFN

]]> By: Andisheh Nouraee http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/14/self-interest-economics/#comment-13700 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:35:50 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-13700 i’m curious to know how ariel hart defines “metro atlanta” in the story. knowing that would help us gauge how much of the transit $$$ is going to urban projects and how much is going to suburban projects. widening a road in canton that leads to a new subdivision is very different than fixing the rotten mitchell street bridge in downtown atlanta — yet both might be tallied as “metro atlanta” projects in the story.

]]> By: PMcG http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/14/self-interest-economics/#comment-13695 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:18:54 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-13695 Maybe this will help:
http://projects.nytimes.com/44th_president/stimulus

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