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

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVoss, three months ago in May, named 121 high school students “Presidential Scholars.” Excellent. Though unbeknownst to me at the time (probably my own fault it wasn’t…

While Minnesota's occupational licensing environment might not be as challenging as in some other states, there is room for improvement and, at the very least, the growth of recent years…

Google’s new college search feature launched last year to help “navigate the college search process.” Admissions, cost, majors, and graduation data are available in user-friendly formats to help prospective students…

Minnesota has above average corporate taxes and below average levels of entrepreneurship. Research suggests the two are linked.

Europe, which faces an even more serious workforce shortfall than the U.S. does, is discovering a new source of talent: workers over age 55. A recent Wall Street Journal article…

State and local governments have caused the shortage of affordable housing in the Twin Cities. Now, they are looking at policies such as subsidies and rent controls to solve the…

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

New data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that Minnesota’s economy was only the 36th fastest growing in the United States in the first quarter of 2019. While the…

Minnesota is one of the highest taxed states in America. Research shows that these high tax rates disincentivize R&D. And the data shows that our state lags the national average…

New data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) today shows that, in the first quarter of 2019, Minnesota had the 36th fastest growing economy out of the 50 states…

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We must judge public policies by their effects, not their intentions. 

And that’s a problem.

The point should be about productivity.

There is real concern over the potential impacts the labor shortage could have on the construction industry. But there are six tips companies can take to “remedy” the construction labor…

When the price of labor went up, Bernie Sanders bought less of it and workers are no better off. Econ 101 strikes again.

In a recent interview, the CEO of Snap-On, Nicholas Pinchuk, talked about how robots are less of a threat to employment in manufacturing than are views held by many Americans…

Hello! Today’s episode of the In the Tank Podcast, features a discussion of socialism, and why philosophy majors have the highest opinion of it (hint, can you think of a less practical…

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

In reality, there are a number of things employers can do in response to a minimum wage hike that don’t involve laying off employees.

We have a new ad running on 93X concerning high housing costs in the Twin Cities. You can only say so much in 30 seconds, so here are the facts…

This op ed appeared in the Duluth News Tribune on July 12th, 2019 In March 2011, Clint MacFarlane, who had been home-brewing and developing his own recipes since 2006, opened…

The National Association of Manufacturers recently announced (July 9, 2019) “a member-driven campaign to raise at least $10 million for the newly established ‘Creators Wanted Fund.’” Among other things, the…