The Starbucks in Ferguson illustrates the limits of corporate-led urban revitalization. Although public-private partnerships can generate jobs, services, and visible investment, they often leave intact the structural inequalities they claim to address. The case highlights how corporate philanthropy and market-driven development can obscure deeper forms of public disinvestment and democratic erosion.
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