Apple, Google, and Amazon are big companies, whose services are constantly in high demand. For as long as this holds true, economic theory dictates that these corporations will likely respond…
Duluth cops have been wearing donated protective masks bearing an American flag with a blue line running through it since the earliest days of the pandemic. But now they’ve suddenly…
Minneapolis' 56 homicides so far this year are 8 more than all of 2019, and just one off of the 20-year high of 57, recorded in 2006. St. Paul's 23…
Liberals and the “Progressive” politicians to their left love to use the buzzwords of “equity, diversity, and inclusivity,” but politicians like Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Jacob Frey have erased…
The hospitality industry has greatly suffered from the shutdown. Now is the time for businesses in the industry to gain lost ground before it is too late. A lot of…
The following article was written by Isaac Orr and originally appeared in the Faribault Daily News: Millions of California families and businesses recently lost their electricity during a record-breaking heat…
When rents rise we often hear people call for rent control - price ceilings. Now that they are falling will we hear people call for rent controls to enact price…
Zoom has seen tremendous growth in revenue due to an increase in the number of people using its video calling software during the shutdown. During the second quarter, Zoom saw…
Center of the American Experiment signed onto a letter started by yes. every kid. calling for supporting a more student-centered and resilient education system—one that funds students and families instead…
Minnesota craft breweries can use hops from anywhere they want to make beer–and they do. But a law on the books to protect Minnesota grape producers from competition has long…
Can you imagine what the lockdown would have been like without Amazon? That is the essence of free market capitalism: you make a profit by providing a good or service…
A new billboard that has appeared in Edmonton, Alberta (home of the Oilers hockey team) asks Albertans the question, “Should Alberta join the USA?” For those of you who are…
This is not the first obstacle that businesses are facing when it comes to rebuilding that has to do with regulation. Up until about 2 weeks ago, businesses could not…
Despite the science supporting in-person learning, many schools—under pressure from teachers' unions—will begin the school year online. But the costs of closed schools are great. Not only will continued school closures…
Education Minnesota could learn a thing or two from private schools when it comes to going back to school this fall. While the teachers union has largely turned a deaf…
Last weekend, the DFL State Central Committee officially adopted a resolution calling for a moratorium banning copper-nickel mining projects in Minnesota, according to the DFL Environmental Caucus’s Facebook page. The…
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem stands for a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."
Increased crime, vandalism, and disorder - even just the perception of it - imposes economic costs. If people feel unsafe, they will go elsewhere and they will take their money…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Rather than working on safely reopening schools, teachers' unions and public school districts have been telling parents to avoid alternative learning options for the sake of "equity." And parents are…
Like the undermentioned parrot, Modern Monetary Theory fails to check three boxes.
The following article originally appeared in Forbes. It was written by Michael Shellenberger. Fires have burned 1.3 million acres of California’s forests over the last month. That’s one million acres more than…
Compared to states that instated a shutdown, states that stayed open did not have worse health outcomes from COVID-19. In fact, most of them were among the top states with…
Most people seem to believe that wind and solar panels produce no waste and have no negative environmental impacts. Unfortunately, these people are wrong. In reality, everything that humans do…