Pennsylvania is “tied to the American story.” It’s the state that gave power to both the first and second industrial revolutions, saved the union at Gettysburg, and hosted the Constitutional convention. Andrew Lewis, Iraq war veteran and president of the Commonwealth Foundation, discusses why Pennsylvania matters nationally and how state-based think tanks turn free-market ideas into laws, Pennsylvania’s historic role, its position atop the Marcellus and Utica Shale, and the opportunities from being a major electricity exporter.
