Fantasy sports are increasingly popular in Minnesota. So, of course, the state government wants to get involved.
With the worker shortage problem expected to explode from the current 60,000 unfilled jobs to as many as 280,000 by the end of 2022, sufficient improvements to Minnesota’s talent development…
The argument that deficit spending is needed to maintain full employment is an old one. Here, in a column from this day in 1963, Newsweek's Henry Hazlitt sets the record…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
As Boomers retire, the number of unfilled jobs in Minnesota is expected to explode from 60,000 to as much as 280,000 in just five years.
Minnesota's tax climate is bad for business. Happily, two bills, from either side of the aisle, look to help that.
Today is national Tax Freedom Day. Until now, on average, every time an American worker has got out of bed and gone to work, every clock they've punched, they've done…
When Gov. Dayton announced his tax bill in March, his office reported that "The Governor’s 2018 tax bill prioritizes low-income and middle-class families across Minnesota, just as he has for…
Do young Minnesotans need a four-year college degree to find success in life? Many high school students say that’s the message they’re getting. But a first-ever Thinking Minnesota Poll makes…
“Incentives do make a difference,” according to Gov. Mark Dayton recently. So why does he want to incentivize Minnesotans to leave the state?
Skilled trades are, for the most part, a predominantly male bastion. But community and technical colleges in Minneapolis and St. Paul are ramping up their efforts to get more women…
I’ve always found Brian Wesbury of First Trust to be insightful and a particularly good communicator of sometimes difficult to understand economic issues. Here’s his new Thoughts on Trade. You…
A trade war will leave losers all across the United States, including here in Minnesota.
Economists are often having the same debates today as they were at some time in the past. Here, in Newsweek from this day in 1963, the great economic writer Henry…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The 'affordable housing crisis' in Minnesota is a creation of state and local government. The solution is not to have them intervene more, as Governor Dayton proposes to do with…
Occupational licensing requirements are presented as 'consumer protection' but really only protect producers, making us all worse off. Minnesota has, traditionally, had an accommodating environment but between 2012 and 2017,…
Economist Stephen Moore tells American Experiment President John Hinderaker how the business-friendly policies of the federal government have jump-started the American economy.
As the Minnesota Legislature prepares to debate the best way to align the state's tax code with recent federal changes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Pioneer Press…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Recognizing that they likely cost tax revenue, states have been reducing or eliminating their estate taxes in recent years. The increase in the federal exemption in the Tax Cuts and…
New data shows that, on jobs, Minnesota's metropolitan areas are losing ground relative to their neighbors.
With revenue base broadening on the way thanks to the federal tax bill, Minnesota's tax rates will have to come down if our state's residents are not to be hit…
New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that from February 2017 to February 2018 Minnesota's rate of wage growth ranked 45th in the United States. Given our below…