What if taxes counted twice as much in ranking state economies? Quartz stress-tested its own framework with supply-side logic and found dramatic reshuffles — South Carolina jumps 16 places, Vermont collapses to 48th. The same data, reweighted, tells a completely different story about which states are winning.

A new ranking asks which state economies actually work for the people living in them, and the results upend conventional wisdom. California, home to Silicon Valley, lands at 41st while North Dakota claims the top spot. Find out where your state falls and why the biggest economies are not the best ones. https://qz.com/the-5-us-states-with-the-best-economies-in-2026--and-the-5-worst

India’s export map is not just a trade-policy outcome. It reflects where production capacity, industrial clusters and supplier ecosystems have actually accumulated. by Sagari Gupta, BasisPointInsight....