Los Angeles Times story by Cyndia Zwahlen

"Obviously small businesses are very politically important at the local, state and national level, so policymakers generally are very eager to demonstrate they are doing something to support small business," said Susan M. Gates, a co-editor of the book and director of the Kauffman-Rand Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy at Rand.

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