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Episode: Is Colorado as Economically Competitive As It Used To Be? featuring Loren Furman and Lang Sias
Description: For much of the last two decades, Colorado has been very highly ranked among U.S. states for being business friendly. This has been
reflected in state-by-state rankings extolling Colorado's relatively low tax rates, highly educated workforce, and high quality of life. These positive factors reinforced patterns that increased the size and scope of Colorado's business community and workforce.
In 2023, however, the outlook has changed. On the one hand, there are certainly reasons to be optimistic about Colorado's business
environment as recent job and business formation data suggest that our economy has rebounded quickly from...