How Minneapolis voluntarily relinquished its streets to a mob of vandals, thieves and arsonists
Despite many in the media coming to the defense of wind energy's lack of performance during the energy crisis in Texas, claiming that wind energy actually "outperformed" forecasts for the day, the fact…
Businesses respond to minimum wage hikes in a number of ways. When the costs of labor rise, businesses could lay off workers or reduce their hours. Some reduce fringe benefits.…
If the Department of Health's aim is to find out what the vectors of transmission actually are, their questions are very poorly designed. If, by contrast, they are trying to…
If Minnesota's Covid-19 contact tracers are only asking about bars and restaurants, they will be over-represented in the numbers. Why won't the Department of Health tell us what questions they…
To prevent an abuse of emergency powers in future, we propose that any state of emergency declared by a governor under Chapter 12 of the Minnesota Statues will automatically expire…
In her new book, Vicky Osterweil travels so far left she ends up on the furthest fringes of the right.
Increased crime, vandalism, and disorder - even just the perception of it - imposes economic costs. If people feel unsafe, they will go elsewhere and they will take their money…
We often hear the old quote that "a riot is the language of the unheard". Sometimes, maybe. Sometimes it is just the language of thieves and vandals.
In 2015, Target's location zipcodes averaged a median income of $78,964 and Walmart Supercenters $63,488. The differing performances of the two chains illustrates the differing economic experiences of better-off and less-well-off…
Turns out it is not so easy for small businesses to rebuild from scratch after losing everything. Who would have thought?
The video of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis on Memorial Day is sickening. There is no way that arresting a man for an alleged minor infraction should involve a police…
'One Minnesota' is a smart slogan. That is all it is.
Target is a big company, during the pandemic it did not face as much disruption to business as did most small businesses. Henceforth, Target can afford to pay its employees…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Celebrities like Steve Carrell and Justin Timberlake are giving money to the people who wrecked large parts of the Twin Cities. They should give it to their victims instead.
As State Attorney General Keith Ellison brings the full force of government to bear on the owner of Shady's Hometown Tavern in Albany, where is the grand plan behind all…
Minnesota remains one of only ten states that still outright ban church services of any size under government restrictions imposed during the statewide shutdown ordered by Gov. Tim Walz. But…
Gov. Walz made himself look foolish a while back when he claimed he could control the weather. But controlling people is little easier.
The economic cost of the Coronavirus shutdown is being disproportionately borne by Minnesota's small businesses.
Coronavirus is a human tragedy. It illustrates, once again, the need for a strong economy to provide the resources to cope.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
It should not come as a surprise that a local St. Paul institution is citing the $15 minimum wage law as one of its reasons for going out of business.…
Labor is like anything: if its price rises employers will try to buy less of it.