Field of Welfare: How COVID Funds Might Build a Money-Losing Ballpark in a Cornfield (Audio)

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Field of Welfare: How COVID Funds Might Build a Money-Losing Ballpark in a Cornfield (Audio)

Is there a single movie more tied up with lousy government policy than Field of Dreams?

Aug 11, 2022

Field of Welfare: How COVID Funds Might Build a Money-Losing Ballpark in a Cornfield

As Major League Baseball on Thursday takes to a remote Iowa cornfield for its second annual Field of Dreams game in commemoration of the nostalgic 1989 Kevin Costner film, it's worth reflecting that at least five different governments are cobbling together a deal to spend a combined $45 million in taxpayer money on a proposed 3,000-capacity stadium to b…

3 years ago · Matt Welch

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