Since April 10th when the original stay-at-home order was set to expire, 150,669 Minnesotans have filed for unemployment. If the time we bought with their lost jobs to add 'surge…
Minnesota’s tight liquor industry regulation has been a proven issue for producers for some time. But the COVID-19 pandemic has made that even worse. Breweries have expressed that they might…
There is no doubt the coronavirus crisis has impacted the education landscape as we know it, but the changes the pandemic has forced upon our education system could be positive.
One of the core arguments for limited government involvement in the private sector is that private companies are much more receptive to changes in market conditions than governments because they…
It would be a mistake to set a date for the reopening of Minnesota's economy: the Coronavirus does not operate to a calendar. But our state government can make a…
When the Coronavirus started, one of the first things that most governments did was close or severely restrict service-related businesses. In Minnesota, Governor Walz ordered the closure of dining places…
Eighth graders across the country don’t know U.S. history that well, according to newly released 2018 national test scores. The decline in history scores marks a bitter irony, given present…
Last week, filmmaker Michael Moore released his latest film entitled Planet of the Humans. The film brings several inconvenient truths about renewable energy to light, namely that wind turbines and solar panels…
Good news, but Minnesotans should have access to the best healthcare practitioners who want to come here at any time. To realize that, our state should join the national Nurse Licensure Compact.
Heartland’s Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins, and Jim Lakely, join Isaac Orr for episode 240 of the In The Tank Podcast. Michael Moore’s produced Planet of the Humans has been released…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
New and young (0-5 years) businesses account for a huge part of economic growth, as I wrote yesterday. So, to get out of this pandemic-created slump, we might need to…
The COVID-19 crisis has impacted and changed the education landscape, placing pressure on students, parents and schools to quickly adjust to the various levels and dimensions involved in emergency learning…
A newly-released study in the International Journal of Sustainable Energy confirms what we at Center of the American Experiment have been saying for a long time, the metric that is…
Joe Exotic might be eccentric, to put it mildly, but the private ownership of animals is an important tool in species conservation and activists like Carole Baskin are wrong to…
According to a recent NBER paper, researchers have found that, New and young firms (ages 0 to 5 years) account for almost one-half of growth – three times their share…
Left-wing documentary maker Michael Moore has recently released his latest film entitled Planet of the Humans, and as surprising as it may seem, the film is a must watch for people who…
Gov. Walz targets of 5,000 Covid-19 tests a day and another 1,100 ICU beds give us something firm to aim for to reopen the state's economy.
In celebration of Earth Day, Isaac Orr, policy fellow at Center of the American Experiment, released the following statement: “This Earth Day, Americans can celebrate the tremendous progress we’ve made to create a…
Aside from the unsettling cover image that shows a sad homeschooled girl trapped inside a house with prison bars over the window while other kids play outside, the article “The…
Sign up HERE! Join economist Martha Njolomole as she explains the hidden cost of business regulations in Minnesota, and how even big-government politicians have been eager to throw inefficient regulations…
Happy Earth Day, everyone! Last year I did a seven-part mini-series on how capitalism is saving the planet, which detailed how capitalist countries routinely have a cleaner environment than countries…
Given the central place in state policy making of the University of Minnesota and Department of Health model, it is worth reflecting on what such a model is, how it…
Nearly $600 million a year ($551 million in fiscal year 2018) is sent directly to school districts, charter schools, and other educational organizations across Minnesota to pay for the educational…