Last year’s Janus v. AFSCME decision by the U.S. Supreme Court freed public employees from being forced to financially support a government union, but the affected states are not fully…
Our new report on Minnesota's Workforce to 2050 asks what our state's policymakers can do to help alleviate the coming fall in the labor force.
Government-approved monopoly utility companies in the Midwest continue to pad their guaranteed corporate profits by building more wind and solar installations, along with the transmission lines needed to transport the…
Germany is often (wrongly) touted as an example for Minnesota to follow in terms of energy policy despite the fact that Germans pay three times higher electricity rates and emissions…
This article originally appeared in The Duluth News Tribune. In late September, Gov. Tim Walz announced he would circumvent the Legislature by using the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s bureaucratic rulemaking…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Many people will be heading to the mall today or scouring online to score sweet deals on the latest goods and services as part of the annual Black Friday tradition,…
It doesn't seem as though Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez actually knows what Public Goods are.
Liberty is something to be fought for. It is also something to be thankful for.
This is going to be short and sweet, but I’m thankful for all the support our readers give us to help American Experiment to keep fighting the good fight to…
Eloise Anderson, former secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and a nationally regarded welfare expert, reflects on the experiences that shaped her past and stresses the importance…
It’s farm country in Nicollet County in southern Minnesota–solar farm country, that is, given recent actions by the county board. The county commissioners decided to move ahead with a 3,700…
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s recent private-school snafu caught her in a(nother) lie, but that isn’t all she has said that poses a dilemma for her anti-choice education plan.
In September, the Walz Administration announced its intention to force Minnesotans to comply with low-emissions vehicle (LEV) and ‘zero’-emissions vehicle (ZEV) regulations developed by unelected bureaucrats on the California Air Resources…
New research suggests that the average net social value of occupational licensing is negative: The social cost of reduced labor supply exceeds the social benefit from consumers higher willingness to…
The explosion of personalized learning in k-12 education has resulted in more than 90 percent of schools using digital tools to individualize classroom instruction. But research showing personalized learning is…
In addition to all the new true believers in Gopher football there surely are new skeptics also, but not the kind with doubts about whether the team is really good.…
The Tax Foundation has released its 2020 State Business Taxation Index and Minnesota is ranked 45th among the 50 states. This is two positions down from 2019 when the state…
In September, the Walz Administration announced its intention to force Minnesotans to comply with low-emissions vehicle (LEV) and ‘zero’-emissions vehicle (ZEV) regulations developed by unelected bureaucrats on the California Air…
The Twin Cities’ ‘affordable housing’ shortage was caused by their politicians and their taxes, fees, and regulations, not by mythical 'free enterprise'. It is optimistic at best to think that…
There is no link between high tax burdens and a state being a nicer place to live or having a better education system.
The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) announced the proposed teacher licensing changes will “set forth the knowledge and skills that all teachers must demonstrate to receive their license"…
According to an article in The Financial Times, China is set to add new coal-fired power plants equivalent to the EU’s entire capacity. as the world’s biggest energy consumer ignores…
A Worker’s Choice Act recently introduced in the House would give private sector employees in a unionized workplace freedom to independently negotiate their employment terms with their employer if they…