Why Pro-Business policies succeed in the U.S. but fail elsewhere: the role of federalism and regional autonomy.

I was wondering why pro-business policies fail in many countries, while the US remains a country where they are not confronted as much as in any other country. I also thought about the Chilean referendum about their constitution, which I believe happened last year, where, after many years of pro-business extremism, growing inequality, and discontent, the doors opened for the leftists to come to power. But they failed to pass their leftist constitution draft twice. The idea is the following: a given country does not grow economically evenly across all its regions. When you are not unitary but federative, or even if you are unitary but you have strong local authorities with necessary powers and tax revenues, I believe those regions where economic growth is way above the country level can implement pro-business policies easily. California is a cradle for innovative industries coz its pro-business policies are politically acceptable.


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