Hoosier politicians and corporate/university elites suggest that the Indiana economy is booming and will only improve with less taxes, more support for industrial projects like LEAP, and a general reliance on the "free market." The United Way ALICE reports suggest that economic circumstances of large percentages of Hoosiers have worsened over the last decade.
For example, a recent United Way Alice Report suggests that the number of households in Indiana living below a livable income have increased since the last decade.
An Historical Review:
https://heartlandradical.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-political-economy-of-indiana-2017_9.html
By Harry Targ