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Besedes Appears on Radio to Discuss Disney Threat

"For productions in Georgia, if you spend half a million dollars, you get a 20% tax break ... plus 10% if you put a peach in the movie credits," -Tibor Besedes on some of the tax breaks Georgia gives to production companies. 

Governor Nathan Deal recently rejected controversial ‘religious liberties’ legislation that created a nationwide uproar. Alongside outcry from social activists who say the bill legalized discrimination against LGBT people, production companies for TV and film vowed to end their association with Georgia if the bill became law. Many feel that Hollywood’s billions ultimately defeated the fledgling bill, but did social activism play an equal or greater role?

This morning, Associate Professor Tibor Besedes appeared alongside Salon writer Daniel Denvir and research Matthew Mitchell from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.  Listen here to hear all that they said on Georgia Public Broadcasting's On Second Thought.

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Tibor Besedes Speaking on On Second Thought
Tibor Besedes Speaking on On Second Thought

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Associate Professor Tibor Besedes spoke about Disney's threat to pull out of Georgia due to controversial legislation on GPB's On Second Thought.

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Contact: Jade Hill, Communications Coordinator, School of Economicsjade.hill@econ.gatech.edu

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  • Created By:Jade Hill
  • Created:04/05/2016
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  • Modified:10/07/2016

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