Scott Walker's Lagging Indicators (Wisconsin Economics) Bloomberg....with great graphs
Scott Walker's Lagging Indicators
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-02-24/scott-walker-s-lagging-indicators
Feb 24, 2015 4:19 PM EST
By Christopher Flavelle
At the close of 2010, a year and a half after the recession officially ended, Wisconsin could claim one of the better economic recoveries in the country. Employment had grown at a faster clip than in most states, and the value of Wisconsin's publicly traded companies was up almost 40 percent. Tax revenue, a sign of economic health, had risen more than 50 percent.
Then Scott Walker became governor. Over the four years that followed, Wisconsin's economic performance ranked 35th in the country, according to the Bloomberg Economic Evaluation of States, which tracks the change in a series of economic indicators. The state has lagged Michigan (3rd place), Illinois (14th), Iowa (18th) and Minnesota (19th). more.....
One of the many good graphs from the website:
Things weren't much better for the state's corporations. Bloomberg compiles a weighted index of the stock prices for publicly traded companies in each state. The value of shares for Wisconsin companies increased less than those of neighboring states, and less than the median state, from when Walker took office to the close of trading on Monday: