To make housing affordable, policymakers need to remove the things that are making it unaffordable now: excessive regulations.
The Wall Street Journal ran a particularly sobering story recently (February 2-3) about how “Older Americans are being crushed by a mountain of student loans—their children’s and their own.” How…
A new report finds that the 'affordable housing' crisis in the Twin Cities is a creation of state and local government here. Regulations, passed by lawmakers here, have driven costs…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
It is true that Minnesota has a high quality of living, but that is despite the state's high taxes, not because of them.
New research shows that higher state business and personal tax rates mean fewer businesses, less employment, and reduced capital investment. Minnesota has the fourth highest top marginal individual income tax rate in…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2019 Issue of Thinking Minnesota, now the second largest magazine in Minnesota. To receive a free trial issue, send your name and address to [email protected]. When…
Minnesota is one of the highest taxed states in America with the fourth highest top marginal individual income tax rate and the third highest corporate income tax rate. Our state lags the…
We all want to reduce poverty. But we can only do so with by getting the unemployed into work and making our state's workers more productive. Waving a magic legislative…
To borrow from P. J. O'Rourke, the good news is that, according to Sen. Warren and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
“Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another” - Milton Friedman
Manufacturers seek solutions for the skills gap.
Minnesota’s governor scores an abysmal grade.
More taxes, really?
There is a scarcity of workers with basic STEM competencies across the entire economy, touching on virtually every industry. Think of this problem as a lack of basic STEM literacy.…
At one point, the market was on track for its worst December since the Great Depression. So what's happening?
Washington County, on one end of the I-94 bridge over the St. Croix, is pretty similar to St. Croix County on the other end. The big difference is that one…
Healthcare coverage for the one million Minnesotans enrolled in Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare programs costs state taxpayers more than $5 billion a year. We already know from a past legislative…
More research has provided further evidence that minimum wage hikes are bad public policy.
Belief in minimum wage hikes is about as close to belief in Milton Friedman's mythical 'free lunch' as you will find. They seem to offer the prospect of benefits for…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Many Minnesota employers are struggling to find workers. One place most aren’t likely to look is among ex-felons, who make up about 8 percent of the state’s adults, according to…