February 11, 2014
Just How Well Do Your State's Finances Compare to Those of Other States?
Eileen Norcross
Senior Research Fellow
Mercatus scholars host a series of interviews with with policy scholars, elected officials and other practitioners about state and local legislative and regulatory reforms.
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To speak with a scholar or learn more on this topic, visit our contact page.Eileen Norcross recently sat down to visit with our state team to discuss a recent and popular Mercatus paper, State Fiscal Condition: Ranking the 50 States' findings, that measure fiscal health according to four solvency criteria: a state’s cash, budget, long-run health, and ability to provide services.
Click here to hear her discuss how legislators and state think tanks may use the study and what the findings' limitations are.
The Bootlegger and Baptist Coalition to Restrict Urban Growth
Matthew (Nolan) Gray