Video: Stephen Moret on how Virginia landed Amazon HQ2 and the lessons Louisiana can learn

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Tax incentives often steal the headlines when major economic development deals are announced, yet the subsidies offered to Amazon played only a small role in Virginia landing the HQ2 project, the largest private-sector economic development deal in U.S. history. No question, the tax breaks and incentives mattered, but—says Stephen Moret, the president and CEO of

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