During the 1960s and 1970s, the primary economic development strategy of local governments in the United States was to attract manufacturing industries. Unfortunately, this strategy was usually implemented at another community's expense: many manufacturing facilities were lured away from their moorings elsewhere through tax incentives and slick promotional efforts. Through the transfer of jobs and related revenues that resulted from this practice, one town's triumph could become another town's tragedy.

In the 1980s the strategy shifted from this zero-sum game to one called "high-technology development," in which local governments competed to attract newly formed high-technology manufacturing firms. Although this approach was preferable to victimizing other geographical areas by taking their jobs, it also had its shortcomings: high-tech manufacturing firms employ only a specially trained fraction of the manufacturing workforce, and there simply are not enough high-tech firms to satisfy all geographic areas.

Recently, local governments have increasingly come to recognize the advantages of yet a third strategy: the promotion of homegrown small businesses. Small indigenous businesses are created by a nearly ubiquitous resource, local entrepreneurs. With roots in their communities, these individuals are less likely to be enticed away by incentives offered by another community. Indigenous industry and talent are kept at home, creating an environment that both provides jobs and fosters further entrepreneurship.


The tone of the passage suggests that the author is most optimistic about the economic development potential of which of the following groups?


Local governments

High-technology promoters

Local entrepreneurs

Manufacturing industry managers

Economic development strategists

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答案是 C. Local entrepreneurs。

文章中暗示说,当地政府过去采用的经济发展策略是试图吸引制造业企业,但是后来又转向了尽力吸引高科技管理公司,但这也有一些缺点。最后,文章提出了第三种策略,即提倡当地的小型企业。文章对此表示出乐观。因此,最乐观的是当地企业家,因为它们有助于创造工作机会,并培养更多的企业家。

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