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

One of our friends who spends time in Florida received this invitation to a seminar on the advantages of Florida residency over Minnesota. Click to enlarge: A few points to…

A recent New York Times story explains how liberals in high-tax states are plotting for ways around the new $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions that will mostly…

You may have heard recently about the federal jobs guarantee. This policy proposes guaranteeing a job to anyone who wants one, at $15 an hour plus benefits, by the simple expedient…

The Star Tribune recently featured a high-profile series on Minnesota’s most important industry–agriculture. But right off the top the paper’s coverage appeared to be driven largely by the tastes of…

Arguments that Minnesota's economy is bound to grow more slowly than the national average because of 'convergence' are based on outdated research and an overly simplified application of economic theory.…

Minnesota’s economy is not in bad shape, but it could be doing better. With the growing challenge of an aging population to deal with, it will need to.

American Experiment’s much-needed research on jobs.

In 1980, Nobel prize winning economist Milton Friedman turned TV presenter. Over ten episodes, his PBS program Free to Choose explored the workings of the market economy and explained how…

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

Fifty years ago today, Milton Friedman gave the lecture which dealt the death blow to the so-called Phillips Curve. Despite this, central bankers continue to act as though it exists.

Economics is not the study of money but of human behavior. Specifically, it is about how people increase a sort of mental sense of well-being which economists call 'utility'. Money…

In 1980, Nobel prize winning economist Milton Friedman turned TV presenter. Over ten episodes, his PBS program Free to Choose explored the workings of the market economy and explained how…

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

The Republicans in Washington D.C. have passed the biggest overhaul of the federal tax code since Huey Lewis and the News were top of the Billboard Hot 100 with Stuck…

Minnesota scores a low rank for economic freedom. Its high tax burden is to blame.

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

Why did SAB Miller and Molson Coors have to get permission to merge from the Department of Justice? Monopoly. Why was that a problem? It wasn't.

Minnesota needs productive workers. Evidence suggests that, over the last few years, we have been losing them. This is not good for our state's economy. Assuming that our high personal…

If Minnesota is to solve its looming workforce talent shortfall, the state’s employers will have to explore new talent pools and push for a higher workforce participation rate. The Minnesota…

Good news on Minnesota’s workforce development crisis: Innovative high schools are setting the stage for a revolution in career education. A recent Star Tribune article surveyed this burgeoning movement. “The…

A major factor in our state’s workforce development crisis is a mismatch between the skills workers have and those required by in-demand jobs. But there’s good news: A vocational exploration…

If immigration is going to be used as a policy tool to boost Minnesotans per capita incomes, the focus will have to be on attracting skilled immigrants.

Minnesota's workforce is set to shrink as a share of its population. To keep GDP per person growing, our state will need to improve worker productivity.