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…
The minimum wage has been a prominent issue in tomorrow's St. Paul mayoral election. When casting your vote, keep in mind what the evidence says.
The laws of economics applied just as much in 1946 as they do now. Here, in Newsweek from this day in 1946, the great economic writer Henry Hazlitt explains some…
Yesterday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Robert Mueller’s ever-widening investigation has ensnared Vin Weber, the former Minnesota Congressman and veteran Washington lobbyist: Special counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury is investigating…
The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder has a sneak preview of American Experiment’s next lunch forum coming up on Tuesday November 7. The forum features conservative author and political activist Star Parker, who…
A round-up of the last week's economic news stories in Minnesota.
Advocates of bigger government will tell you that it will act in 'the public interest' unlike us selfish individuals. But the people who staff this bigger government are drawn from…
This morning Star Parker, our next lunch forum speaker, chatted with Chantel SinGs of KMOJ to preview her November 7th keynote address. They discussed Star’s extraordinary journey of welfare mother…
There were no dignitaries on hand, ribbons to cut or speeches on sustainability to commemorate the latest chapter in solar power at the Maplewood Community Center (MCC). Five years after…
September data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics allows us to take a look at how Minnesota's urban areas are doing compared to those in other states.
There were no dignitaries on hand, ribbons to cut or speeches on sustainability to commemorate the latest chapter in solar power at the Maplewood Community Center (MCC). Five years after…
If you’ve burned too many bridges over the years, don’t fret. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) can get you half a bridge back—for free. MnDOT is giving away its…
“Political science” took on a whole new meaning under the Obama administration. Now we’re finding out just how politicized and cozy the relationships were between the environmental agency under the…
If people want to vote for higher taxes that is one thing. But if they do, they should pay them and not expect others to pick up the tab. By…
As controversy swirls around the debate over the Edina public schools that Center of the American Experiment has launched, some charge the Center with exaggerating the political indoctrination going on…
Mining is vital to Minnesota's economic future. A way can be found to square this in northern Minnesota without ruining the environment. Our state needs it, whatever the snobs might…
TRA admits to a $30.7 billion liability but only has $21.2 billion to cover those promised pensions. TRA says based on the 2017 valuation, it only has $0.69 on the…
A decision on the Enbridge 3 replacement project will have major implications for Minnesota, both economically and environmentally. It has to be discussed openly with as wide a participation as…
Most college professors self-identify as liberal. Yet time and again professors expose their hypocrisy when facing a litmus test of their convictions in the real world–union representation. The latest case…
In a commentary published in the Star Tribune, former Sen. Dave Durenberger and Sen. Al Franken urge Congress to pass a bipartisan health care bill sponsored by Sens. Lamar Alexander…
Why has the Dayton administration enabled militant activists to suppress public hearings on one of the most economically and environmental critical infrastructure projects to ever face Minnesotans? American Experiment economist…
What would happen if we didn’t hunt deer? WCCO News posed this question to its readers and answered it in anticipation of Minnesota’s firearms deer hunting season that begins next…
The laws of economics applied just as much in 1946 as they do now. Here, in Newsweek from this day in 1946, the great economic writer Henry Hazlitt explains the…
A round-up of the last week's economic news stories in Minnesota.