By an increase in economic freedom, reports Budget & Tax News. The latest edition of the U.S. Economic Freedom Index shows that a Sunbelt location is becoming a less-reliable predicator of a state’s fiscal and economic policies than it used to be:
While other states in the region still rank behind many southern
states, they are quickly catching up. Wisconsin, for example, trailed
Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, and South Carolina in this latest
index, but the Badger State?s leap of 20 places from its spot in the
previous index was the largest in the nation. Minnesota and Illinois
jumped 18 and 19 places, respectively.
I wrote about North Carolina’s worrisome trend away from economic freedom here.
