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By Donald C. Brunell

In early June, the financial website WalletHub released its rankings of "Best and Worse State Economies" and Washington led the field of 51 as best by a healthy margin.

WalletHub economists viewed the states from three key dimensions-economic activity, economic health and innovation potential. Then the analysts from Dartmouth and Carthage colleges and the University of Texa...