As possible re-election run looms, Scott Walker says Wisconsin economy is best it’s been since 2000

Said Andrew Reschovsky at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: “A growing economy is characterized by rising real per capita GDP and rising real wages. This growth is to be expected, and reflects increased labor productivity over time. Although Wisconsin’s economy is larger now than it was in 2000, the fact that the poverty rate is higher and that there is growing income inequality indicates that the benefits of our growing economy have gone mainly to those with the highest incomes.”