Under the proposed Minnesota Health Plan, eight people would be appointed to the new Minnesota Health Board by regional health boards. These eight would then appoint another seven people. Together, these…
Large businesses in Saint Paul are already paying their workers at least $15ph and raising the city's minimum wage has always been about raising costs for the city's small businesses.…
This morning, I appeared on Kerri Miller's show on MPR and was asked how long businesses could get away with citing uncertainty as a reason for their lack of investment.…
If we can keep a growing economy with rising demand for labor and increased wages, the 'labor shortage' might be a nice problem to have.
I can't say that a place with multicolored cleaning goo is more colorful than one where Richard Pryor hung out with George Carlin and The Pointer Sisters, but in an…
The campaign to promote mining.
The Rochester Post Bulletin argues that high taxes are what makes Minnesota great. It makes this argument in contradiction of the facts and, even, to the studies it cites in…
Last week, economist Jeffrey Sachs had an op-ed on CNN titled 'Trump's failure to fight climate change is a crime against humanity'. But new EPA data shows that American individuals…
What is usually called 'the public sector' is really just 'the government sector'. There is a difference.
Generally, the rich got that way by catering to the demands of other people in a reasonably free market. They did not get rich by making people poor, but by…
Seven common-sense ideas that will transform Minnesota's economy for generations.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
This week, it was announced that the United States is now ranked #1 in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report.
Despite economic theory and empirical evidence being against such a move, Saint Paul's Mayor, Melvin Carter, seems intent on imposing a $15ph minimum wage without a 'tip credit' on the…
A new report gives Gov. Dayton a D grade for fiscal policy thanks to his hikes in taxation and government spending.
Minnesota's economic growth has been lackluster so far this century. We have a hard-working labor force but low productivity. We need lower taxes that will retain and entice productive workers…
Minnesota's high tax rates are negatively impacting our state's economic growth and standard of living. As the Kiplinger report makes clear, we need a change of direction.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Collectivist, Big Government policies are being increasingly openly espoused by mainstream politicians. Socialism, that discredited relic of the 20th century, is having 'a moment'. These idea are frequently presented as…
People respond to incentives. Public policymakers can either stamp their feet and deny this, and pursue counter productive policies, or they can acknowledge its truth, however ideologically indigestible they find…
It is heartbreaking to see the people of Venezuela, formerly the poster child for 'democratic socialists' like Sen. Bernie Sanders, reduced to being lab rats in another experimental proof of…
Since 2010, the amount of work done in Minnesota has grown faster than in Wisconsin but the amount produced by this work has increased faster in Wisconsin. As we noted…
There was a time when leading economists would write for a mass audience, commenting on the issues of the day, and applying economic principles to them. These six books offer…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.