So i made some dumb comments to a YDN reporter when i was sick and they came back and bit me on my hairy Jewish anarchist butt.

You can, however, read a great op-ed from the register from some Harvard guy that details just how "Yale killed the vibrant city economy." Here's a breath of fresh air:
The destruction of New Haven's commercial and manufacturing economy
was no accident. It was a result of the growth of Yale and other
tax-exempt institutions on what had been a flourishing
free-enterprise economy.

here's another:

Yale was not being targeted by unions because it is the only game in
town. It was targeted because its labor relations, like its property
management, are based on the university's failure to grasp its
responsibilities as the city's largest employer and property owner.

I don't agree with Dobkin hall's assertion that we can move to some kind of "vital free enterprise based economy" based on Yale's potential stimulation of local businesses instead of massive corporate chains like J. Crew and Urban. The Levin-Alexander plan for downtown New Haen understands that the moment of "free enterprise" never really existed and probably never will. Capitalism's much too dependent on monopoly and corporate welfare (which is a fundamental aspect of how Yale works, as Rick Wolff points out)

Edit:According to YaleInsider, Dobkin Hall is a Republican, which explains why i disagree with him. Still, when the even the republicans are attacking the capitalist plutocrats, then you know Yale's in trouble.  ¶ 1:12 PM