{"id":6391,"date":"2014-07-01T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6391"},"modified":"2014-06-30T15:08:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T20:08:05","slug":"what-works-and-what-doesnt-state-economies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6391","title":{"rendered":"What Works and What Doesn’t: State Economies"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This is part of the script for the latest episode of my podcast, “Consider This!”<\/a>. You can listen to it on the website, or subscribe to it in iTunes<\/a>, Stitcher Radio<\/a>, Blubrry<\/a>, Player.fm<\/a>, or the podcast app of your choice<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Sometimes people ask what the real difference is between the Republicans and Democrats, and sometimes, for certain issues, I\u2019m inclined to agree; not much. However, when it comes to promoting economic growth, there\u2019s certainly a trend that favors one over the other.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been said that the states are the laboratories of American democracy. Though more and more autonomy has been taken from them by the federal government, there is still enough that one can look across the country from sea to shining sea and see what works and what doesn\u2019t. So what has the government\u2019s Bureau of Economic Analysis told us about the year 2013?<\/p>\n

Here were the top 10 states in GDP growth:<\/p>\n