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[SunsetBengal]

(06-21-2017, 12:45 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: But is that correlation actually causal? We've have to compare the unemployment rates with the other business friendly states to actually come close to drawing that conclusion. Since the OP article mentioned the counties fell primarily in the midwest around natural gas areas and what not and didn't mention anything about the east coast business friendly states, I'm guessing that they didn't make that list. Sure, business friendly policies may play a role, but based on just that information it doesn't look like enough to be a causal relationship.

Great points as always, you think of things that I overlook.  However, the emphasis of the article was on leading manufacturers of orthopedic products, weather or not natural gas is present in the vicinity seems immaterial.  I would think that tax climate and quality of workforce would be larger determining factors in these companies locating in Indiana than the presence of a geological resource.  I could be wrong, but that just makes more sense, to me.