Data on metropolitan areas shows Minnesota's economic performance is increasingly mediocre
The urgent need for skilled workers is one of the greatest challenges that businesses in fields like manufacturing, construction and energy face. One new pool they are increasingly tapping is…
The Walker Art Center has been in the news lately. The Walker has completely redone its sculpture garden, long a favorite haunt of families with children. But the garden’s re-opening…
American employers have a lot to learn from Germany’s apprenticeship model. At least, that’s what BMW’s success at its production facility in Spartanburg, S.C. suggests. BMW is the biggest car…
Migration, especially domestic migration, is a key indicator of the desirability and success of an area. People vote with their feet and move to places with good jobs, affordable housing,…
Relying on fads, pseudoscientific planning and an enormous budget, the council has actually increased the cost of housing and created even greater traffic congestion.
Town meetings extend CAE’s reach throughout Minnesota
We are hearing the call for more immigration every day in Minnesota as employers struggle to find good employees around the state. And it’s more like an alarm since the…
American Experiment generates serious momentum on several levels.
Since 1923, a painting by Anton Gag titled “Attack on New Ulm” has been on display at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul. The painting depicts an incident in the…
Dear Friends, As always, we have much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. In the tumult of the moment, especially in an election season, it is easy to forget that…
Hinderaker predicts major CAE study will prompt vigorous debate about the future of "blue state" policies.
Yesterday the White House released a “Fact Sheet” touting growing incomes, falling poverty, and rising health coverage in Minnesota. The fact sheet clearly aims to bolster the perception that all…
You no doubt have noticed that our website says Center of the American Experiment is “Minnesota’s Think Tank.” We use that phrase a lot–on t-shirts, on the radio, and elsewhere.…
Mankato is one of Minnesota’s most prosperous cities. Yet, as Peter Nelson pointed out in an op-ed in the Mankato Free Press, even Minnesota’s best-performing areas are not enjoying an…
Minnesota’s economy faces a turning point. That’s the message of American Experiment’s new report, “Minnesota’s Economy: Mediocre Performance Threatens the State’s Future.” It’s a report with statewide implications, so the Center…
Liberals constantly try to advance the narrative that blue (liberal) states perform better economically than red (conservative) states. Today the relentlessly left-wing New York Times printed an op-ed that was intended…
Brooklyn Center, Minn.—For the second time this year, a Twin Cities suburb has turned back a controversial proposal to curtail one of its residents’ fundamental property rights—a homeowner’s freedom to…