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A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota

At our first quarterly lunch forum of 2018 we will discuss a topic that impacts us every day: Taxes. The recent tax reform law is just beginning to take effect,…

Mondale has thrown down the legislative gauntlet, again. While annoying and not correct that the Council is acting under actual authority, he is correct that the legislature created the creature…

There they go again. Another media outlet–the Star Tribune–perpetuating what Reason magazine recently labeled “the Southern Poverty Law Center scam. A hate group list loved by the media is bogus.”…

We wrote about Amazon’s plans for a massive second corporate headquarters, and the Twin Cities’ bid to be considered for its location, here, here, here and here. The last linked…

As demand for Minnesotan labor continues to expand relative to supply, wages are starting to rise. To maintain increases in income per capita in the future, we need to focus…

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota

"The economy, stupid", was famously one of the three talking points in Bill Clinton's presidential campaign back in 1992. Elections aren't always focused on the economy, but Minnesota's 2018 gubernatorial election…

Reforming excessive state-based occupational licensing requirement is the issue that has a U of M labor professor sounding like a disciple of Milton Friedman and expressing strong support for legislation…

The Twin Cities are out of the race to attract Amazon's new HQ. When the company announces the winning bid and their reasoning later this year, it should give Minnesota's…

As the supply of workers in Minnesota shrinks relative to the demand for them, wages are finally rising. So who needs minimum wage laws anymore?

The politicization of science may be good for researchers lining up for government grants but not so much for their credibility.   It’s already happened with global warming. The data have…

Policymakers participate in ‘A Well-Done Roast of the Well-Seasoned Mitch Pearlstein.’

Peter Nelson heads for the Trump Administration.

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota

Wasteful new passenger rail projects have hit a wall under the Trump administration. But a temporary timeout from power in Washington never stops the elites at the Met Council and…

Every once in a while the good guy still wins, even in the the Swamp. On the week Al Franken stepped down from the Senate in accordance with his marching…

It’s been years since I have watched CNN anywhere except (involuntarily) at an airport gate, with one exception: I work out at a Life Time Fitness gym near my house,…

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota

In a recent Star Tribune letter, Dr. John Dryer of Maple Grove tried to argue against free-market health care reform but he unwittingly illustrated one of the main problems with…

The Star Tribune recently featured a high-profile series on Minnesota’s most important industry–agriculture. But right off the top the paper’s coverage appeared to be driven largely by the tastes of…

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota

The Star Tribune has released its list of the most-read op-eds of 2017, and the Center had two in the top ten. Katherine Kersten’s blockbuster piece on political indoctrination in…

The Star Tribune thought this New York Times article so newsworthy that it republished it: “Power prices go negative in Germany, a positive for energy users.” If you scan the…