$50 Billion in Economic Benefit Hinge on Restoration of Great Lakes

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Each year, Rust Belt states average less than 2 percent of new growth, yet Great Lakes states are home to one-third of the nation's population and produce one-third of the gross state product. Developing America's North Coast: A Benefit Cost Analysis of a Great Lakes Infrastructure Program, promises that fulfilling the $26 billion investment to implement the GLCS would actually produce $50 billion in long term economic benefits.

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