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Beneath the surface Minnesota's economy shows inherent weakness.

Between 2010 and 2018, the US economy grew by 19.5% while Minnesota’s economy grew by 17.2%. Our state's growth matched that of the United States generally from 2010, but diverged…

Olmsted County residents owe nearly $1.5 million in uncollected fees for services they received this year. But as 2019 winds down the chances of collecting most of those funds appears…

In Minnesota, groceries are fully exempt from the state’s sales tax base, but candy is treated differently than groceries and is therefore not included in the exemption.

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

High school students can now find out about the viable, valuable and fulfilling career paths that the trades and manufacturing industries offer from those they trust: their peers.

Mr. Albosaad arrived in Minneapolis from Iraq in 1994 and built a successful business. Now, the city council is strangling it with regulations.

“In many cases rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city—except for bombing.” - Assar Lindbeck

Center of the American Experiment is deepening its focus on economic policy and analysis with the addition of economist Martha Njolomole to its policy staff. Martha earned a Master of…

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

Events in Portland are one more warning for those who push for higher taxes on businesses: Be careful what you wish for. 

Data show that Minnesota lags national averages on capital per worker, venture capital per worker, new and young businesses as a share of all businesses, and research and development spending…

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

You never hear sellers complain about 'scalping', only buyers. There is a reason for that.

Labor is like anything: if its price rises employers will try to buy less of it.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2019 Nobel prize in economics to economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer for their research into tackling global poverty. 

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

Most citizens would be alarmed to learn how big of a problem cigarette smuggling represents in states with high cigarette taxes like Minnesota. Many realize the state’s taxes on cigarettes…

The very real challenges facing Minneapolis will not go away because Mayor Frey gets into a Twitter spat with President Trump.

Manufacturing in Minnesota is a bit of a success story and much of that is down to lower than average taxes. They helped the state weather the 'China Shock' comparatively…

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

If you ever bought anything from Amazon, you chose to help make Jeff Bezos a billionaire.

New numbers from the Department of Employment and Economic Development's Job Vacancy Survey deal a severe blow to the case for a state minimum wage of $15 per hour. 

1.3 million Minnesotans of working age are not in the labor force. 94% of them are cool with that, mostly because they are retired. Finding ways to get them into…