A new report says that Super Bowl LII boosted Minnesota's economy by $400. But what did it cost the state to get that boost?
Today sees the release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of its estimates of Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment. These can be a useful way to compare economic performance. Minnesota’s…
Wages are just one part of total worker compensation. A new paper shows that when minimum wages are hiked, it is these other parts of worker compensation that are hit.…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
St. Louis County Assessor Dave Sipila and his team went big this year, jacking up the assessed market valuations on scores of mostly commercial properties in Duluth essentially overnight. But…
All too often, the policy debates of today are simply refights of the battles of yesteryear. Because of this, old arguments often retain a modern relevance. Milton Friedman was an…
Tax something more you get less of that something. Policymakers have long applied this logic to things they want to discourage like smoking and drinking, so why don't they apply…
Gov. Dayton's veto of the tax bill means no tax conformity for Minnesota. This will lead to chaos next tax season as ordinary Minnesotans fill out more forms to pay…
Our friend Fritz Corrigan wrote this op-ed in today’s Star Tribune about Mosaic Co.–the company Fritz formerly headed as CEO–departing Minnesota for Florida: I am a 40-year veteran of Cargill…
When Governor mark Dayton vetoed the tax bill last week, one of the reasons he gave was that “This bill is cake to the rich and big corporations and crumbs…
This op-ed appeared May 21, 2018 in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. There’s an old saying where I’m from: If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. The…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
New data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that between 2000 and 2016, job growth was strongest on a North West to South East axis along the Mississippi and…
In its new report, the Economic Policy Institute argues that "Wisconsin’s determined efforts to weaken unions have contributed to the state’s poor wage growth". But data from the Bureau of Labor…
Minnesota faces a looming shortage of skilled workers, and we look increasingly to our community and technical colleges to help solve it. But here’s a big problem: Many first-year students…
[Photo Credit: Southwest Initiative Foundation] Two young Minnesotans are on a mission: to change the way young Americans view manufacturing.
Evidently government bean counters in St. Louis County have taken a page out of Hennepin County assessors’ playbook. We recently noted the record number of complaints by Minneapolis property owners…
The passage of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December, the biggest overhaul of the tax code in more than three decades, offered Minnesota an opportunity to look…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
In its new report, the Economic Policy Institute claims that Minnesota's performance in labor force participation rates since Gov. Dayton took office vindicates Big Government policies. It can only say…
[Photo credit: AgCentric] What might be done to help Minnesota kids learn more about what agriculture is all about and what people in its remarkable variety of jobs do? A good…
Wisconsin's Gov. Walker inherited an unemployment rate of 8.1% in January 2011, and our own Gov. Dayton inherited one of 7.1%. Since then, Wisconsin's unemployment rate has fallen by 5.2…
Despite what the Economic Policy Institute might claim, the data show that since Governors Dayton and Walker took office, Minnesota's economic growth has lagged Wisconsin's.
Preliminary data for 2017 from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that, once again, Minnesota's economic growth lagged that of the nation. This continues a trend going back to at…