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With jobs in ‘Wilmington or Wuhan,’ Delaware must do more to compete globally: Gov. Markell

A recent report in The Economist highlights Markell's centrist views on the global economy.

Wuhan is the largest city in Central China. (Wuhan via Shutterstock)

If Hillary Clinton, still the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, were to move to the White House after next fall’s election, she would almost surely face a Republican-held Congress. That requires centrism, say many in the Democratic Party, according to a recent report in The Economist.
In the piece, Gov. Jack Markell is cited as a member of Third Way, a group of centrist Democrats pushing the party to take up business development growth as a cause. Markell says economic populism is a real risk for hurting American competitiveness (let alone the success of his Democratic Party), as the News Journal reported last month. To compete now, states must recognize they face global competition.
Employers now have the choice of creating jobs in “Wilmington or Wuhan,” Markell was quoted as saying of central China’s largest city in the Economist report. Policymakers must therefore respond to keep those jobs here. It’s a kind of business-mindedness that might appeal to a startup community.
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