The Chinese authorities want fewer foreign players coming into the country and a tax on foreign player purchases is their chosen tool. Even in communist China, taxes are recognized as…
Capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty than anything else in human history. Countries which remain poor need more of it, not less. And, to become rich themselves they…
No region has suffered more from historical neglect than the Midwest.
When Les Engel and a handful of other St. Cloud-area manufacturers got together one morning in 2008 to strategize about their “talent pipeline” problem, they had no idea how many…
In recent years, Wisconsin’s job growth has rapidly outpaced Minnesota’s. And that was before the announcement of one of the biggest development projects in years, Foxconn’s first-ever expansion into the…
The Center’s Senior Fellow and Professor of Economics King Banaian gave me a heads up this morning on his weekly radio show: President Obama issued yet another executive order, this…
Fortune just published the 30th edition of their Fastest-Growing Companies list, the annual who’s who of hot publicly-traded companies and industries across the nation and world. In their review of…
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...
Minnesota owes it to the world to do more mining here.The Star Tribune addressed the mining issue -- and its importance to the next governor and Department of Natural Resources…