Despite what the Economic Policy Institute might claim, the data show that since Governors Dayton and Walker took office, Minnesota's economic growth has lagged Wisconsin's.
Preliminary data for 2017 from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that, once again, Minnesota's economic growth lagged that of the nation. This continues a trend going back to at…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Milton Friedman was an economist with a rare gift for translating technical arguments into clear prose (as you will find at length in his books Capitalism and Freedom and Free…
New data shows that, on jobs, Minnesota's metropolitan areas are losing ground relative to their neighbors.
The Senate Republicans have released their tax bill and, like the bill that passed the House on Monday, it proposes cuts in lower income tax rates. While it leaves higher…
The House tax bill, passed last night, is an improvement on the Governor's tax hike. But for all the talk of tax cuts, this is really only proposing to keep…
The majority of the consequences of any act are unintended. When appraising a policy, we must look at the unintended consequences, not just the intended ones.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Americans seem to love ranking their states and when these reflect well on the state Minnesota's media likes to publicize them. But a new ranking showing that our economic performance…
Minnesota's rate of job growth in the twelve months to March 2018 ranked 37th out of the 50 states. Isn't this because unemployment in the state was already low? Well,…
Fantasy sports are increasingly popular in Minnesota. So, of course, the state government wants to get involved.
The Congressional Budget Office's forecasts for federal finances make for grim reading and it is out of control entitlement spending which is to blame.
The argument that deficit spending is needed to maintain full employment is an old one. Here, in a column from this day in 1963, Newsweek's Henry Hazlitt sets the record…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Minnesota's tax climate is bad for business. Happily, two bills, from either side of the aisle, look to help that.
Today is national Tax Freedom Day. Until now, on average, every time an American worker has got out of bed and gone to work, every clock they've punched, they've done…
When Gov. Dayton announced his tax bill in March, his office reported that "The Governor’s 2018 tax bill prioritizes low-income and middle-class families across Minnesota, just as he has for…
“Incentives do make a difference,” according to Gov. Mark Dayton recently. So why does he want to incentivize Minnesotans to leave the state?
A trade war will leave losers all across the United States, including here in Minnesota.
Economists are often having the same debates today as they were at some time in the past. Here, in Newsweek from this day in 1963, the great economic writer Henry…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
New figures indicate that two thirds of Millennials had never heard of Auschwitz and nearly a quarter had not heard of the Holocaust. Figures also suggest that Millennials are the…
The 'affordable housing crisis' in Minnesota is a creation of state and local government. The solution is not to have them intervene more, as Governor Dayton proposes to do with…