Yet another report ranks AZ low

Lost in the (justified) uproar generated by the embrace of anti-choice culture by the Arizona Supreme Court when it ruled to uphold Arizona's territorial era ban on abortion was the release of a report on Private Equity State Risk Index.  Others will comment (and have commented) and will be far more eloquent than me, so I'll just say one thing on this:

Dear members of the AZ Supreme Court - 

When even lousy human beings are racing to distance themselves from your ruling, the ruling is a bad one.

The report is from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) and ranks states by their risk, associated with having significant areas of their economies controlled by private equity funds.

National map -

Overall rank -

AZ is tied for third-worst (or fourth-worst, depending on how one looks at such things).  Either way, not a good place to be.

Labor score -

AZ is tied for 24th worst (or 25th or 26th).

Healthcare score -

AZ is tied for 32nd-worst (or 33rd) in its best showing.  Not to worry - AZ's housing rank makes up for it.

Housing rank -

2nd worst here (no tie).

Pension rank -

AZ is tied for 16th-worst (or 17th)

AZ summary -

One other AZ tie -

Cerberus Capital Management, one of the top five PE firms in terms of owning housing, has a famous Arizonan as one of its "leaders" (and it's not Kyrsten Sinema.  Not yet, anyway).

Nope, former VP Dan Quayle, who has a residence in Paradise Valley.

I recommend reading the entire report.