American Experiment Releases Groundbreaking New Study on the High Cost of Renewable Energy Mandates in Minnesota

American Experiment is pleased to announce we are releasing a groundbreaking new study detailing the high cost renewable energy mandates in Minnesota. On the 2018 campaign trail, many DFL candidates, including Governor Tim Walz, said they would make obtaining 50 percent of Minnesota’s electricity by 2030 a top priority in their policy platform. Now DFL’ers in Minnesota are pushing their own version of the Green New Deal, mandating that Minnesota must get 100 percent of its electricity from “carbon free” resources by 2050. Our study found that attempting to achieve a 50 percent renewable energy mandate would cost Minnesota $80.2...

In The Tank (ep183) – Robert Bryce, Juice the Movie, Modern Monetary Theory, and State Nullification

Heartland’s Donald Kendal, and Justin Haskins are joined by Isaac Orr, Policy Fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, in episode #183 of the In The Tank Podcast. This weekly podcast features (as always) interviews, debates, and roundtable discussions that explore the work of think tanks across the country. The show is available for download as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast every Friday. Today’s episode features work from the Manhattan Institute, the Mises Institute, and the Foundation for Economic Education. In the first segment, Donny is joined by Robert Bryce, senior fellow from the Manhattan Institute. Robert joins the show to talk about...

Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 3/22/19

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

AMERICAN EXPERIMENT BOOK SHELF

(Partial) Book Review: Unprofitable Schooling

A book I am in the process of reading is doing an exceptional job of explaining the dismal reality of higher education from the perspective of both economics and history.

Editorial Counterpoint: Concerns About Wind Energy Aren’t Overblown

Gov. Walz’s 100 percent carbon free energy proposal is a government-mandated wealth transfer from Minnesota families to the monopoly utilities that helped write the legislation. This is crony capitalism at its worst.

Doubling Down on Failure Installment 1: Comparing the Costs of Wind and Solar, Nuclear, and Coal

As you probably know by now, American Experiment has released a new study entitled Doubling Down on Failure, How a 50 percent by 2030 Renewable Energy Standard Would Cost Minnesota $80.2 Billion.   The study is more than 80 pages, including appendices and citations, so I will be breaking down the key findings in more manageable bites on the website. Today, I'll break down the four main energy scenarios we examined and why we chose them.

The three stages of socialism: From Brave New World to ‘It wasn’t real socialism’

In an excellent new book 'Socialism: The failed idea that never dies', Kristian Niemietz of the Institute of Economic Affairs explains the three stages of socialism, from initial, apparent success, to eventual, inevitable, failure.

Myth: Educational choice programs exacerbate racial segregation

There are numerous myths concerning educational choice programs. But in order for parents and students to make well-informed education decisions, these myths must be debunked.