In the same way that Marvin Hagler was made a better boxer by sparring in the gym with a quality opponent like Buster Drayton, there are few things better for…
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…
Wages are driven by worker productivity. Minimum wages don't boost productivity so they don't boost wages, all they do is outlaw low productivity jobs.
Minnesota’s economy is not in bad shape, but it could be doing better. With the growing challenge of an aging population to deal with, it will need to.
Minnesota's workforce is set to shrink as a share of its population. To keep GDP per person growing, our state will need to improve worker productivity.
As Paul Krugman writes, "Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything." Productivity drives earnings and data showing that Minnesota's workers are less productive than the national…
Center of the American Experiment may or may not have had anything to do with it, but I choose to view a story in the Star Tribune on Sunday (September…
As its population ages, Minnesota needs a more productive labor force more than it needs a larger one
A leading 'liberal' economist has clear views on the results of minimum wage hikes
Increasing productivity is the key to economic growth. A transport policy which boosts productivity will make us better off
Former NASA climatologist Roy Spencer, who continues to compile and maintain one of the global satellite temperature records, is one of the leading skeptics of climate alarmism. As with much…