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

Offering economic development subsidies to a company is a common practice among US states and Cities. Research, however, shows that subsidies have very little impact on economic development and they…

American 'liberals', who claim to be so much more worldly than their 'conservative' countrymen and women, can be thoroughly parochial themselves. Blaming the Trump administration for the record economic collapse…

Our economy has suffered terrible damage this year. When you shut large chunks of it down to combat a virus, that can only be expected. Other countries have experienced similar…

In June, American Experiment released a groundbreaking new report taking a look at the lack of affordable housing in Minnesota. One of the findings of that report found that government…

How government regulation strains families and our economy.

Turns out it is not so easy for small businesses to rebuild from scratch after losing everything. Who would have thought?

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

The budget crunch facing local governments due to the economic impact of COVID-19 may not be all bad if it leads cities to get out of businesses they probably had…

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

In a recent interview, former Vice President Joe Biden said "Milton Friedman isn't running the show anymore" We might be better off if he was.

8.6% is still quite a gloomy number compared to 3.2% from the pre-corona virus period. The decline in unemployment is however a big sign of how destructive the shutdowns were…

Minnesota's graduates face a bleak economic outlook through no fault of theirs. What they need is as strong an economic recovery as possible.

Considering the fact that educational attainment has a positive effect on earnings, school closings are bound to have a significant negative impact on the future earnings of today's students.

There are currently no estimates for the economic cost of lack of access to affordable childcare on the whole state of Minnesota. But the high cost on employers due to…

The following article originally appeared in The Babylon Bee U.S.—Governors across the country have reinstated lockdowns mere weeks after slowly starting to lift them, citing a “concerning spike” in jobs and…

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

In a positive turn of events, the state of Florida has passed a law that makes it easier for some professions to do their jobs. The law, which is called…

Minnesota's economy weathered the first three months of 2020 better than the US as a whole, but worse than its neighbors to the south and west.

Generally, there is a crisis that has been brewing in Minnesota; parents lack access to childcare services, and in the case that they have access, they can rarely afford to…

Mayor Carter's Guaranteed Income is simply a plan to add another layer of welfare to the existing arrangements. We can debate the pros or cons of this, but let us…

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

Target is a big company, during the pandemic it did not face as much disruption to business as did most small businesses. Henceforth, Target can afford to pay its employees…

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