Governor Tim Walz wants to end childhood poverty. Citing the significant impact that expanding the federal child tax credit has had on child poverty in the country, Walz touted his…
Minnesota’s media is in celebratory mood: Star Tribune: Minnesota has finally recovered all private sector jobs lost in pandemic KTTC: DEED: Minnesota private job sector recovers from pandemic job loss,…
Research has documented time and time again the unintended negative consequences of the minimum wage. Making it costly to hire some people at certain wages leads to job losses, automation,…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Senate Republicans reject Minnesota infrastructure package Minn Post: Senate GOP blocks infrastructure bill amid pressure campaign on rural Minnesota lawmakers Detroit Lakes…
KXNET reports: Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, and his team have partnered with North Dakota to invest $45 million into early-stage companies. … Called the Wonder Fund, the new partnership looks…
Whenever I point out that Minnesota is losing residents, on net, to places like Florida, someone always offers an explanation for this fact the point of which is to exonerate…
We at the Center have written a lot about Minnesota’s relatively expensive housing. A recent article by Jim Buchta and MaryJo Webster for the Star Tribune explained how bad the situation is…
State and local taxes and spending Duluth News Tribune: Minnesota House mulls proposals to eliminate, reduce Social Security tax Kare 11: House panel weighs Social Security tax break KTTC: Minnesota’s…
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On Sunday, I wrote about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), “the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever.” Depositors with up to…
To protect tenants, Minnesota DFL lawmakers — joined by one republican lawmaker — have introduced a bunch of bills seemingly intended to extend rights to renters. Upon closer inspection, however,…
On Friday regulators shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and seized its deposits in the largest U.S. banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever. We shouldn’t be…
Economic growth Walker Pilot Independent: Rep. Bliss states Minnesota economic forecast underscores need for tax relief, structural overhaul Bring Me the News: Tourist numbers in Minnesota returned to pre-pandemic levels…
Minnesota’s media is reporting that the state added 14,100 new jobs in January. What is being reported somewhat less is that the number of Minnesotans actually employed fell by 423.…
In December, I noted that: New Census Bureau data show that…From mid-2021 to mid-2022, 19,400 Minnesota residents left for other states, by far the highest number in at least three decades. …until…
Often, advocates of minimum wage hikes present them as the fabled "free lunch" — the workers gets better off and, to the extent that anyone gets worse off, it is…
The last three years or so have seen the death of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). This is a theory that starts with a banal observation — that a government that…
State and local taxes and spending The Center Square: Minnesota is in the top 10 for marginal state individual income tax rate CBS News: Minnesota officials set to release new…
Minnesota's workforce is shrinking. Between June and December 2022, the number of people employed in Minnesota fell by 38,724.
From mid-2021 to mid-2022, a net 19,400 Minnesota residents left for other states, by far the highest number in at least three decades. When you point this out, a common response is…
On housing and child care, Minnesotans face higher costs than many other Americans. In 2019, the average Minnesota family paid over $16,000 to keep a child at a day care…
Usually, people who advocate for spending money on childcare are reluctant to consider free-market solutions to the childcare crisis. This is because such people believe that the childcare market exhibits…
Payday or short-term loans have a bad reputation — and for an understandable reason. Interest on payday loans tends to be high. Additionally, it is usually low-income, credit-crunched individuals that…
A lot of effort has been taken to end child labor in developing countries. Among other things, Contemporary Regional Trade Agreements, especially those between developed and developing countries, have usually…