Thinking at the Margin
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.
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Minnesota’s Economic News — W/E 5/22/26
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Data show that, since 2019, Minnesota has lost residents in all age groups and all income groups above $25k
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Yesterday, I wrote about Census Bureau data which show that Minnesota’s net loss of residents since 2020 was worse than in 34 other states. Data from the Internal Revenue Service…
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