Minnesota added 6,400 jobs in September. But, more importantly, a number of the the new jobs were higher up the value chain.
New data shows that, on jobs, Minnesota's metropolitan areas are losing ground relative to their neighbors
Public sector employers will be a prime target as activists seek to spread Minneapolis' job killing $15 minimum wage. That's because, unlike private sector employers, they have no bottom line…
Productivity drives earnings. Arguments that it doesn't are based on the selection of poor variables, incomplete data, and misleading measures of inflation.
Minnesota's population is aging. The state will need the wealth generated by high productivity jobs, such as mining, to support its seniors
Data on metropolitan areas shows Minnesota's economic performance is increasingly mediocre
People love comparing the economic performance of Scott Walker’s Wisconsin to Mark Dayton’s Minnesota. Both governors were elected in 2010 and took their states in dramatically different policy directions. Walker…
Minnesotans see much to be proud of in their economy and rightly so. But this should not lead to complacency. Prosperity isn't a given and we need to be watchful…
Minnesota is a wonderful state with many advantages. But prosperity isn't a given. Rather than patting ourselves on the back over this or that bit of data, we need to…
This time of year, many Minnesotans are making New Year’s resolutions, pledging to do better in 2017 by going to the gym more often, spending more time with their kids,…
New government jobs bury the number created by manufacturers
Terence Jeffrey reports the latest data: The United States lost 9,000 manufacturing jobs in October while gaining 19,000 jobs in government, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor…
A new documentary film on Minnesota’s high tech industry is set to premiere on September 22. As the Star Tribune’s Lee Schafer explains, “the gist of the movie is that…
This is the op-ed that I had in the St.Paul Pioneer Press this morning. It is based on the groundbreaking paper by Dr. Joseph Kennedy titled “Minnesota’s Economy: Mediocre Performance…
I wrote the op-ed below, on Minnesota’s economy, for some of the free suburban weeklies in the Twin Cities. It is beginning to appear in those papers. One of American…
The other week I brought two basic facts to bear on the debate over whether Dayton’s liberal, high tax policies are beating Scott Walker’s lower tax approach to the economy. First, Minnesota’s…
Minnesota has long been a fertile state for growing successful businesses. The roster of Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Minnesota in the 1970s...
Supplying Competitive Electricity Rates | Not long ago, Minnesota’s energy policy focused on providing “adequate and reliable services at reasonable rates.” As a result, Minnesota benefited from low and competitive...