August 13, 2018
That might have been worth mentioning in this NYT piece on Wisconsin’s political situation. The piece notes the conservative policies put in place by the state’s Republican governor, Scott Walker. It then notes that the unemployment rate has fallen below 3.0 percent.
In this context, it might have been worth mentioning that Minnesota, Wisconsin’s neighboring state, has an unemployment rate of 3.1 percent. Minnesota has been led by a liberal Democrat. This suggests that Wisconsin’s relatively strong labor market might be more the result of regional factors than Mr. Walker’s policies.
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