Minnesotans like to think of their state as a high-tech center, but unfortunately that is more fantasy than reality. The latest evidence comes from Forbes, taking off from an analysis…
You know there’s something really questionable about a regulation when both industry and environmental activists strongly oppose it. But that’s what happened with a controversial water quality proposal from the…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota
To close off 2017, Campus Reform—a project of the Leadership Institute and a site for college news—highlighted “some [15] of the most remarkable individuals who made a positive impact in…
In a new paper titled Youth Unemployment Worldwide: The Canary in the Coal Mine of Excessive Regulation, the economist Deirdre McCloskey looks at the causes and consequences of youth unemployment…
A billboard criticizing President Donald Trump located on Highway 52 near Hampton, Minnesota has received a fair amount of attention lately. The sign shows a photograph of Trump accompanied by…
The argument over the sustainability of northern Minnesota’s wolf population ended long ago, at least among the folks who live there. The latest proof of proliferation comes from an extraordinary…
No region has suffered more from historical neglect than the Midwest.
Minnesota has made meager progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions since 2005. And it has cost a fortune.
Our reigning elite, including so-called feminists, have shouted down the concerns of Americans who dare to wonder out loud how to deal with incoming cultures that openly reject religious tolerance,…
Regulation imposes a huge burden on the American economy and holds back economic growth. New research shows, for example, that electricity utilities are less likely to invest under 'liberal' regulators…
The cover story in last October’s Thinking Minnesota was Katherine Kersten’s devastating expose of left-wing indoctrination and bullying in the Edina public schools. The Edina schools have made a firm…
Apprenticeships have long been confined, as career preparation, to trades like electrical work, plumbing, and carpentry. But a new study says that people entering almost 70 other occupations—primarily white-collar jobs—could…
Here’s a potentially great-paying occupation that doesn’t necessarily require a four-year degree that I started giving concentrated thought to recently: Successful entrepreneur.
Not all careers require four-year degrees, but many of today’s job listings stipulate a college degree as a minimum education requirement. Researchers at Harvard Business School recently released a study…
No matter who you are, the Center's new “Great Jobs” website offers a host of valuable career-related resources you can use.
New research suggests that high housing costs in rich areas and occupational licensing requirements are an obstacle to the geographic mobility of Americans. This, in turn, is a barrier to…
Wasteful new passenger rail projects have hit a wall under the Trump administration. But a temporary timeout from power in Washington never stops the elites at the Met Council and…
On January 2, Minnesota was featured in a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal headlined “Sluggish Wages See Uptick.” The article described how—in today’s tight labor market—companies like Ultra…
An estimated 6.7 million people will participate in celebrating effective education options for students later this month. National School Choice Week (NSCW)—an annual celebration of opportunity in education—will take place…
New research by economists at Cornell University indicates that collective bargaining laws harm students
UPDATE: Two more Minnesota companies have made the Americans for Tax Reform list of companies handing out bonuses to their employees as a result of the federal tax cut. DTN,…
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…
Every once in a while the good guy still wins, even in the the Swamp. On the week Al Franken stepped down from the Senate in accordance with his marching…