Otaviano Canuto is principal of Center for Macroeconomics and Development, senior fellow at the Policy Center for New South and senior fellow at Brookings Institution. ..…

The states are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New..…