Comments on the corporate departures from Connecticut, such as the recent announcement by Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., suggest they are symptoms of deep-rooted problems within Connecticut's business climate.
Although this may or may not be the case, it is critical that policymakers understand the national and global context and external forces that are at play here. Rather than adopting simplistic solutions to ill-defined problems, we must think carefully about what we are doing right as well as what we need to change.
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