Accounting for Growth in Minnesota: Performance and Prospects

Monday, May 4, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Admission: Free

In 2025, for the first time on record, Minnesota became a below average GDP per capita state. This happened because, in each of the years since 2014, per capita GDP – a crucial measure of economic wellbeing – grew more slowly in our state than it did for the nation generally. Only Wisconsin matches this unwelcome record.

Why has Minnesota’s economy performed so poorly in the last decade? Join American Experiment economist John Phelan and president John Hinderaker, as they dig into the data from the forthcoming report “Accounting for Growth in Minnesota: Performance and Prospects” to discover what has gone wrong with our state’s economy and what we need to do to fix it.