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This new publication by the American Legislative Exchange Council, Rich States/Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index, is an invaluable resource for state lawmakers and citizens to evaluate their state’s fiscal and economic policies, while analyzing their results and ramifications.


Authors Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore, two of the most well-respected free-market economists in America, provide an in-depth analysis of policies, which foster economic growth and prosperity in one state and economic malaise in another. This useful and insightful work is divided into three sections, in addition to the State Competitiveness Rankings.