In the space of a few weeks, Minnesota's fiscal question has been flipped on its head: from 'How do we deal with a forecast surplus?' to 'How do we deal with a potential deficit?'...
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To help us fight the Coronavirus, Gov. Walz should implement the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and allow nurses and other healthcare workers to work in our state as long as they are licensed in their home states....
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More than 300,000 Minnesotans have applied for the state unemployment insurance program since March 16th, but there are still some people out there looking to hire. ...
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The news that Costco was pulling out of a long-planned store in Duluth was disappointing enough in the midst of the economic fallout from Covid-19. But word that the sought-after retail giant backed out of moving ahead with construction due to apparent difficulties in dealing with city hall makes it that much harder for residents to stomach. Costco's site selector told the Star Tribune the deal went south “due primarily to extraordinarily high project bids which far exceeded others we’ve seen recently throughout the Midwest region.” The city evidently played a key role in crafting the so-called "project labor agreement" that sets...
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A public health crisis like the Coronavirus is bound to cause economic harm. Some business will survive, some won't. But all would be in a better position to face it if government would stop trying to shut the door on them. ...
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Stuck at home? Learn over your lunch hour with American Experiment economist John Phelan, as he explains what state government can — and can't — do to shape the economy. Sign up HERE! Wednesday, April 1st at 12:00 PM Stick around after the course, where John will answer your questions in a live audience Q&A. Submit your questions in advance here. Upcoming Master Classes: April 8: Catrin Wigfall on How good are Minnesota’s public schools, really? Sign up here. April 15: Isaac Orr on Everything wrong with the Green New Deal. Sign up here. April 22: Martha Njolomole on How regulation affects your everyday life. Sign up here....
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The government is putting large swathes of the economy into 'sleep mode' to fight the Coronavirus. Here is what we need to do to make sure there is an economy left to turn on when we get the all clear. ...
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The economic cost of Minnesota's war against the coronavirus may be one we need to pay, but it is already very high indeed. ...
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The coronavirus crisis shows that regulations ostensibly intended to safeguard public health turn out, when a genuine public health crisis hits, to be positively harmful to public health....
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As the coronavirus crisis shows, 'low-skilled' and 'important' are not mutually exclusive terms....
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