Willisms: Right To Work States Perform Better Than Forced Unionization States

More outstanding policy analysis from our friend Will Franklin:

Right To Work States Perform Better Than Forced Unionization States [GRAPH]: awe.sm/l3PhI

— Will Franklin (@WILLisms) August 31, 2012

The Bureau of Economic Analysis last week released economic growth numbers, on a state-by-state basis, for 2007. Some familiar patterns emerge, with a few outliers, as usual.

The general rule of thumb: Pro-growth states produce more growth. Pro-government states produce less growth. Pretty obvious stuff.

I decided to drill down a bit more, though.

I wondered what impact labor laws have on growth, so I looked at the total state economic growth (Gross State Product, or GSP), and compared it with whether a state is a Right To Work state or a Forced Unionization state.

Some fairly intuitive results (although this may shatter a left-winger’s understanding of this subject):

And here’s the graph:

Go read the rest of Will’s analysis.