Minnesota’s microdistilleries are under threat from laws designed to protect the indefensible three-tier distribution system, an obsolete bit of rent seeking legislation which exists solely to preserve the market share…
While D.C. fiddles, federal tax cuts for microdistillers are set to expire. That is going to hurt small operations in our state.
There’s plenty of snow for skiing at Spirit Mountain following the nearly two feet of white stuff that fell a week ago in Duluth. Yet despite prime conditions, the city-operated…
How deregulation and tax cuts enable craft brewers to thrive.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
When Congress tried to 'tax the rich' and it raised no revenue.
A person’s ability to enter the workforce and access a successful career path should not be determined solely by the presence or lack of a four-year degree. Degree inflation is…
Minnesota's youth employment ratio has declined more than the national rate since 2000; minimum wages have been found to disproportionately impact youth employment; and our minimum wage has been especially…
It is the easiest thing in the world to spend someone else's money. Juggling all these many pressures, as these restaurateurs and other entrepreneurs have to, is rather harder.
Center of the American Experiment released new research today that analyzes current trends in Minnesota’s labor market and predicts the future of the state’s workforce for the next two decades.…
Our new report on Minnesota's Workforce to 2050 asks what our state's policymakers can do to help alleviate the coming fall in the labor force.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
It doesn't seem as though Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez actually knows what Public Goods are.
New research suggests that the average net social value of occupational licensing is negative: The social cost of reduced labor supply exceeds the social benefit from consumers higher willingness to…
The Tax Foundation has released its 2020 State Business Taxation Index and Minnesota is ranked 45th among the 50 states. This is two positions down from 2019 when the state…
The Twin Cities’ ‘affordable housing’ shortage was caused by their politicians and their taxes, fees, and regulations, not by mythical 'free enterprise'. It is optimistic at best to think that…
There is no link between high tax burdens and a state being a nicer place to live or having a better education system.
National Apprenticeship Week is the real deal, particularly as marked this year by the Washington-based Urban Institute, which under the leadership of economist Robert Lerman, has been an essential voice…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Pipeline—which stands for “Industry-Based, Employer-Driven Dual-Training Experience”—is a still relatively new program that awards companies up to $150,000 a year to cover expenses “related to an employee’s instruction toward attaining…
Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking to a local city council about the obstacles to the construction of affordable housing which state and local governments erect in terms of…
“Why should we have to now jump through all these hoops and pay thousands of dollars to be able to do what we were already doing over here?” Good question.
Even if your house price has risen by 6%, there is nothing to say your income has too, and it is that cash which you pay property taxes with.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.