In today’s low-unemployment environment, which demographic group is below all others in labor force participation? A recent article in Bloomberg reports the surprising answer: “Millennial males remain less likely to…
Minnesota’s accelerating talent shortage has created a mismatch in our labor market. Employers are desperate for skilled workers but are struggling to find and retain talent. Why? Why are these…
Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released its prototype estimated for Gross Domestic Product by County for the years 2012 to 2015. True, they are only prototypes and cover a…
“Great Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree” has focused on young men and women, roughly between their high school years and late 20s. This emphasis will continue. But there is no…
In terms of revenue the politicians in Saint Paul have never had it so good. Why, then, are they pleading poverty and planning to take more of their citizen's money…
The Associated Press had a great overview of the problem presented by the failure of Governor Mark Dayton to negotiate and sign a bill that would bring Minnesota income tax…
A headline in London’s Daily Telegraph recently read, “'Snob’ Parents to be Told Degrees are Not the Only Route to Success.” With the story going on to declare, “Britain has…
The “gender wage gap” is as real as unicorns and has been killed more times than Michael Myers.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota
The Duluth News Tribune recently ran an opinion piece by David Lien entitled "Sportsman's View: Clean Water More Valuable Than Copper." Unfortunately, the piece simply recycles discredited anti-mining talking points.
In their write up of our new report The State of Minnesota’s Economy: 2018, the Pioneer Press gets the distinction between per capita and per worker numbers badly wrong.
Yesterday, we released our new report The State of Minnesota’s Economy: 2018. After finding Minnesota's economic performance to be 'lackluster' last year, we had to raid the thesaurus again. Our state's…
The State of Minnesota’s Economy: 2018 report analyzes the key metrics that have driven Minnesota’s economy over time since 2000, identifying strengths, weaknesses and recommendations for the consideration of policymakers…
Very often, the people who argue that carbon taxes need to be higher are the same people who argue that all the other taxes should be higher as well. Do…
Howard Baetjer illustrates the harmful effects of economic regulations and argues that we ought to instead prefer economic liberty.
The manufacturing industry is one of several sectors experiencing talent shortage trends. On Monday, December 3, Minnesota’s manufacturers will gather to explore innovative programs gaining momentum here in Minnesota to…
Howard Baetjer argues that the incentives inherent in market institutions outperform the incentives inherent in state institutions in getting people to properly consider the well-being of others when they act.
The trial-and-error based profit and loss mechanism, says Howard Baetjer, is an indispensable tool for guiding discovery and innovation in the economy.
Editor: The following essay by American Experiment Founder and Senior Fellow Mitch Pearlstein, “Poverty, Culture & Marriage,” was released as part of “The Tenth Annual Celebration of John Brandl and…
Continuing his discussion of prices, Howard Baetjer explains what can go wrong when outside interference prevents genuine market prices from emerging.
Prices, explains Howard Baetjer, are a powerful tool for getting people the knowledge they need to cooperate with one another in the market.
It has been decades since Congress addressed retirement plans in a comprehensive way; the Left is capitalizing on that by getting states to offer defined benefit plans for low-income private…
Having discussed supply and demand separately, Howard Baetjer explains how, together, they describe the way markets operate.
Howard Baetjer explains the “supply” half of “supply and demand.”