As Paul Krugman writes, "Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything." Productivity drives earnings and data showing that Minnesota's workers are less productive than the national…
This video shows how extremely disrespectful some students at Edina High School were towards veterans at a school assembly to commemorate Veterans Day last Friday. In a message to Edina…
In the 21st century, Minnesota's economic growth has lagged that of the United States generally. Is this just because our state is already above average and is bound to grow…
Members of the Youth Conservatives Club at Edina High School were targeted yesterday by a threatening YouTube video. The video was apparently posted by an anonymous student wearing a Guy Fawkes…
The meltdown in Edina public schools has taken a turn for the worse. The Edina Police Department is now investigating a threatening online video posted by an anonymous group called…
The Senate's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is forecast to create 18,000 jobs in Minnesota and raise incomes in the state by $3,000 a year. But the federal government needs…
The Met Council’s controversial $2 billion Southwest Light Rail Transit line still hangs on by a thread. So do proposed LRT lines in Nashville, San Antonio and Tampa, among other…
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 last ditch effort was launched yesterday to save the jobs of untold numbers of employees of small businesses in Minneapolis from the unintended consequences of the $15 minimum wage…
A round-up of the last week's economic news stories in Minnesota.
In our new report, The State of Minnesota's Economy: 2017, we examine data and find that Minnesota's economy continues to underperform. We also look at the prospects for future growth,…
The Minneapolis City Council’s recent approval of two more community solar gardens led to glowing coverage in The Journal, a community newspaper. But the report also appears to contain a…
I don’t need to be convinced that community colleges are vital, as I started off in one. To be precise, it was an auxiliary program of a community college with…
This is a blog about impressive things going on with technical education in Tennessee. It’s the kind of blog which Minnesota leaders in education, business, and government are likely to…
Who knows the most about the word “apprentice?” Just ask President Trump. After signing an Executive Order (EO) in June calling for apprenticeship expansion, the president remarked on the initiative’s…
The Center’s “Great Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree” project is committed to revealing the relevance and value of vocational education as a post-secondary option. Young people and parents need to…
The Court must do its job and find that the governor cannot defund the legislative branch. This is not about Dayton or the current legislature. This is about the citizens…
In response to the state's 'labor shortage', Minnesota's employers are digging into pockets of the labor market. Could they play a role in tackling problems of low wages and racial…
Nearly one in four Minnesota cities with a municipal liquor store operated at a loss subsidized by local taxpayers last year, according to the state’s latest annual audit. The audit…
In the wake of Devin Kelley’s mass murder in Sutherland Springs, a meme has sprung up on the Left: ridiculing those who say their thoughts and prayers are with the…
Today is the centenary of the Russian Revolution. The Soviet Experiment it ushered in - one of control and coercion of the individual - was the polar opposite of the…
Mandatory student fees to support campus groups are a common practice at many colleges and universities. But lawmakers in Wisconsin and Minnesota want to give students the right to “opt…
The focus on the controversial Diversity Immigrant Visa program that came to light after the recent terror attack in New York City has suddenly shifted to Minnesota. U.S. Attorney General…
Charter schools are the “polite cousins of segregation,” in the words of Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. Last year the National Association for the Advancement of…