Ray Keating

All states are not friendly to small business

Featuring Ray Keating - December 19, 2013

What is at the heart of why some states are not business friendly? Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the elements of his index of states based on how conducive their policies are to business.

Category: Government, Politics, Trade Groups and Think Tanks

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