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.
It should not come as a surprise that a local St. Paul institution is citing the $15 minimum wage law as one of its reasons for going out of business.…
We are on the brink of inter-generational strife. We have the political shortsightedness of decades past to thank for that.
You know it’s bad when a former New Yorker says the property taxes on his restaurant in Rochester, Minnesota make his tax bill from the empire state look good. But…
The same arcane, rent seeking laws which have hindered Minnesota's craft brewers are also holding back its distilleries. It is time for them to go.
Politicians who argue that we can fund vast new spending programs by hiking taxes on 'the rich' are arguing in ignorance of the evidence. It will be the middle class…
A newly launched study by the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty at Arizona State University has ranked Minneapolis 40th among 115 cities in North America on the overall…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Kiplinger has released its 2019 ranking of the Least Tax-Friendly States for Retirees. Minnesota comes in fifth
I have recently joined the Center of the American Experiment as an economist to contribute to the Center’s research and analysis of Minnesota’s economy as well as various policy issues.…