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We ranked all 50 state economies from best to worst — then had 6 AI economists argue about it

We ranked all 50 state economies, then rebuilt the list six times under rival economic schools of thought. One state always finished at the top

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What happens to state economic rankings when taxes stop counting as a cost

The Keynesian economic position is that taxes fund the public investment that makes a workforce productive in the first place.

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Kansas ran the experiment. Nobody agreed on the result.

Sam Brownback cut Kansas taxes and called it a real live experiment. Nine years later, both sides still claim the result — and our state rankings...

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What happens to our state rankings when taxes count double

What our 2026 ranking of all 50 state economies looks like under supply-side weighting: taxes count double, inequality counts zero, and Texas finishes...

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The 5 U.S. states with the best economies in 2026 — and the 5 worst

Our 2026 ranking of all 50 state economies, scored on income, jobs, poverty, housing, and taxes. Here are the 5 best and the 5 worst.

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How we built our ranking of state economies — including the parts that didn't work

We ranked all 50 state economies for 2026. Here's every metric, every source, the four errors we caught before publishing, and seven we haven't fixed.

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