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56,966 blogs · [ { "id": "01a087c1-3891-71cf-9abc-a6c058a39fd7", "title": "Minnesota Joins Wealth Tax Push—Despite Their Risks", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/minnesota-joins-wealth-tax-push-despite-their-risks/", "published_at": "2026-05-07T13:53:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087c1-3891-71cf-9abc-a6c059267cfd", "title": "The real story of the 1926 General Strike", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/the-real-story-of-the-1926-general-strike/", "published_at": "2026-05-05T20:21:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087c1-3891-71cf-9abc-a6c059bdba2b", "title": "State Economic Policy Is Shaping Electoral Destiny — That’s Bad News for Team Blue", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2026/04/22/state-economic-policy-is-shaping-electoral-destiny-thats-bad-news-for-team-blue/", "published_at": "2026-04-22T20:09:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087c1-3891-71cf-9abc-a6c05a23f516", "title": "Can Immigration Address America’s Fiscal Nightmare? 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Let the market in", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2023/03/30/not-enough-housing-let-the-market-in/", "published_at": "2023-03-30T15:09:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd2-def5-7299-a7fb-317ef1da098c", "title": "Exempt Social Security from state income tax? Good politics. Bad policy", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2023/03/26/exempt-social-security-from-state-income-tax-good-politics-bad-policy/", "published_at": "2023-03-26T15:10:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd6-6443-7283-9342-867f1fbc4441", "title": "Britain’s National Health Service is in Critical Condition", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2023/02/26/britains-national-health-service-is-in-critical-condition/", "published_at": "2023-02-26T17:25:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd6-6443-7283-9342-867f20164f18", "title": "Why housing and child care cost too much", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2023/02/26/why-housing-and-child-care-cost-too-much/", "published_at": "2023-02-26T17:20:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd6-6443-7283-9342-867f2089b09a", "title": "Now is the winter of our discontent…", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2023/02/10/now-is-the-winter-of-our-discontent/", "published_at": "2023-02-10T21:27:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd6-6443-7283-9342-867f210b1790", "title": "The DFL’s paid leave proposal: an expensive, over-engineered hammer", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2023/02/05/the-dfls-paid-leave-proposal-an-expensive-over-engineered-hammer/", "published_at": "2023-02-05T17:03:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd6-6443-7283-9342-867f215e0bad", "title": "The Costs and Benefits of Peer Review", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2023/01/25/the-costs-and-benefits-of-peer-review/", "published_at": "2023-01-25T16:23:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd6-6443-7283-9342-867f21983115", "title": "A 5.5% hit from Brexit? Not so fast…", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2023/01/15/a-5-5-hit-from-brexit-not-so-fast/", "published_at": "2023-01-15T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd6-6443-7283-9342-867f22674773", "title": "For second Walz term, state’s economy is fragile", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2023/01/01/for-second-walz-term-states-economy-is-fragile/", "published_at": "2023-01-01T15:55:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd6-6443-7283-9342-867f22f62928", "title": "One of these monetary expansions is not like the other…", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2022/12/26/one-of-these-monetary-expansions-is-not-like-the-other/", "published_at": "2022-12-26T15:44:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd6-6443-7283-9342-867f239de086", "title": "A Century of Irish Economic Independence: “The Celtic Tiger” and Beyond", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2022/12/08/a-century-of-irish-economic-independence-the-celtic-tiger-and-beyond/", "published_at": "2022-12-08T16:04:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd6-6443-7283-9342-867f23f036f5", "title": "A Century of Irish Economic Independence", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2022/12/06/a-century-of-irish-economic-independence/", "published_at": "2022-12-06T15:59:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-a782-7283-99de-227389d6a327", "title": "Inflation and Unemployment: Good News Isn’t Bad News", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2022/11/22/inflation-and-unemployment-good-news-isnt-bad-news/", "published_at": "2022-11-22T15:48:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-a782-7283-99de-22738a2bee7d", "title": "Fascism’s Words AND Deeds", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2022/10/28/fascisms-words-and-deeds/", "published_at": "2022-10-28T17:36:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-a782-7283-99de-22738b0eab90", "title": "Sterling’s – and Everybody’s – Crisis", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2022/10/14/sterlings-and-everybodys-crisis/", "published_at": "2022-10-14T17:37:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-a782-7283-99de-22738ba879ae", "title": "Stop the Bleeding – ‘Trillion Dollar Triage’ by Nick Timiraos", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2022/10/07/stop-the-bleeding-trillion-dollar-triage-by-nick-timiraos/", "published_at": "2022-10-07T15:32:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-a782-7283-99de-22738bf7f5dd", "title": "Wednesday, Black and White", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2022/09/16/wednesday-black-and-white/", "published_at": "2022-09-16T20:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-a782-7283-99de-22738c6a331f", "title": "Inflation Last Time", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2022/08/28/inflation-last-time/", "published_at": "2022-08-28T11:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-a782-7283-99de-22738c723892", "title": "The ‘Wage-Price’ Spiral Is a Symptom of Inflation, Not the Cause", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2022/08/09/the-wage-price-spiral-is-a-symptom-of-inflation-not-the-cause/", "published_at": "2022-08-09T11:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-a782-7283-99de-22738d44c578", "title": 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"https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/12/21/research-finds-that-extended-and-enhanced-unemployment-benefits-reduced-employment/", "published_at": "2021-12-21T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-9744-70c5-ac1a-1b75cee669d2", "title": "Minnesota’s falling unemployment rate is entirely due to Minnesotans leaving the labor force", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/12/20/minnesotas-falling-unemployment-rate-is-entirely-due-to-minnesotans-leaving-the-labor-force/", "published_at": "2021-12-20T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-9744-70c5-ac1a-1b75cf61140e", "title": "In November, inflation rose at its fastest annual rate since June 1982", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/12/10/in-november-inflation-rose-at-its-fastest-annual-rate-since-june-1982/", "published_at": "2021-12-10T10:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-48b7-7322-977e-3b47f78d45a4", "title": "Review: What We Owe Each Other by Minouche Shafik", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/11/26/review-what-we-owe-each-other-by-minouche-shafik/", "published_at": "2021-11-26T09:12:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-48b7-7322-977e-3b47f879ab86", "title": "If high taxes pay for high quality of life, why are people moving to low-tax states?", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/11/12/if-high-taxes-pay-for-high-quality-of-life-why-are-people-moving-to-low-tax-states/", "published_at": "2021-11-12T16:37:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-48b7-7322-977e-3b47f9403052", "title": "Minneapolis Fed studies find that Twin Cities minimum wage hikes cost jobs", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/11/11/minneapolis-fed-studies-find-that-twin-cities-minimum-wage-hikes-cost-jobs/", "published_at": "2021-11-11T16:12:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-48b7-7322-977e-3b47f98d2af4", "title": "Would ‘Clean Slate’ laws backfire?", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/11/09/would-clean-slate-laws-backfire/", "published_at": "2021-11-09T16:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-48b7-7322-977e-3b47f9b64453", "title": "Research finds that companies locate headquarters in states with lower corporate income taxes", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/11/08/research-finds-that-companies-locate-headquarters-in-states-with-lower-corporate-income-taxes/", "published_at": "2021-11-08T16:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-48b7-7322-977e-3b47f9daf342", "title": "Freedom to grow for Minnesota’s brewers and distillers", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/07/16/freedom-to-grow-for-minnesotas-brewers-and-distillers/", "published_at": "2021-07-16T08:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-48b7-7322-977e-3b47fa70a659", "title": "The Depression of 1920-1921: Why Historians—and Economists—Often Overlook It", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/07/15/the-depression-of-1920-1921-why-historians-and-economists-often-overlook-it/", "published_at": "2021-07-15T08:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-48b7-7322-977e-3b47fb6940d0", "title": "Review: Austrian Economics – An Introduction by Steven Horwitz", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/07/09/review-austrian-economics-an-introduction-by-steven-horwitz/", "published_at": "2021-07-09T08:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-48b7-7322-977e-3b47fc5e7361", "title": "Corn Law repeal shows the progressive effects of freer trade", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/06/28/corn-law-repeal-shows-the-progressive-effects-of-freer-trade/", "published_at": "2021-06-28T14:24:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-48b7-7322-977e-3b47fc7cc826", "title": "An Economist’s View: Biden, media failing us on soaring lumber prices", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/06/21/an-economists-view-biden-media-failing-us-on-soaring-lumber-prices/", "published_at": "2021-06-21T08:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-c322-72ce-b9eb-fb17d01a5f8c", "title": "A new unemployment problem: it pays too well", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/04/28/a-new-unemployment-problem-it-pays-too-well/", "published_at": "2021-04-28T08:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-c322-72ce-b9eb-fb17d0b0e0fb", "title": "Why do Dutch employers fire minimum wage workers before their birthdays?", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/why-do-dutch-employers-fire-minimum-wage-workers-before-their-birthdays/", "published_at": "2021-04-12T17:17:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-c322-72ce-b9eb-fb17d117b98c", "title": "2020 saw fewest bankruptcies in Minnesota since 2006. Is this a good thing?", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2021/04/09/2020-saw-fewest-bankruptcies-in-minnesota-since-2006-is-this-a-good-thing/", "published_at": "2021-04-09T17:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-c322-72ce-b9eb-fb17d1d02f49", "title": "Minnesota’s tax revenues are coming in better than forecast. Why?", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/10/20/minnesotas-tax-revenues-are-coming-in-better-than-forecast-why/", "published_at": "2020-10-20T15:31:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-c322-72ce-b9eb-fb17d1e00d55", "title": "How state policy affects economies on opposite sides of the Red River", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/10/15/how-state-policy-affects-economies-on-opposite-sides-of-the-red-river/", "published_at": "2020-10-15T15:44:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-c322-72ce-b9eb-fb17d21d88aa", "title": "Is this the new economic normal?", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/10/12/is-this-the-new-economic-normal/", "published_at": "2020-10-12T15:59:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-c322-72ce-b9eb-fb17d2adf11f", "title": "Minnesota’s Border Battles: How state policy affects economies at the margin", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/09/30/minnesotas-border-battles-how-state-policy-affects-economies-at-the-margin/", "published_at": "2020-09-30T14:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-c322-72ce-b9eb-fb17d312cff4", "title": "Target is doing better than Walmart during the pandemic because its customers are doing better", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/08/19/target-is-doing-better-than-walmart-during-the-pandemic-because-its-customers-are-doing-better/", "published_at": "2020-08-19T15:47:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-c322-72ce-b9eb-fb17d3c475df", "title": "The economic damage of rioting lingers for a long time", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/08/18/the-economic-damage-of-rioting-lingers-for-a-long-time/", "published_at": "2020-08-18T16:13:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-c322-72ce-b9eb-fb17d481427a", "title": "Research suggests that people took measures to halt the spread of Covid-19 without waiting for government to tell them", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/08/12/research-suggests-that-people-took-measures-to-halt-the-spread-of-covid-19-without-waiting-for-government-to-tell-them/", "published_at": "2020-08-12T16:34:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-2417-72ac-a1e7-0fd6cc556f2b", "title": "Who is hit hardest by Covid-19?", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/08/07/who-is-hit-hardest-by-covid-19/", "published_at": "2020-08-07T16:17:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-2417-72ac-a1e7-0fd6cc98699b", "title": "The U.S. economy wasn’t the only one to tank in the second quarter", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/07/31/the-u-s-economy-wasnt-the-only-one-to-tank-in-the-second-quarter/", "published_at": "2020-07-31T15:58:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-2417-72ac-a1e7-0fd6cd4a2628", "title": "GDP tanked in the second quarter, but by how much?", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/07/30/gdp-tanked-in-the-second-quarter-but-by-how-much/", "published_at": "2020-07-30T14:53:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-2417-72ac-a1e7-0fd6cdef5880", "title": "Economic suppression will hurt today’s grads for years to come", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/07/14/economic-suppression-will-hurt-todays-grads-for-years-to-come/", "published_at": "2020-07-14T15:10:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-2417-72ac-a1e7-0fd6ce443f49", "title": "Minnesota’s GDP shrinks by 4% in the first quarter of 2020", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/minnesotas-gdp-shrinks-by-4-in-the-first-quarter-of-2020/", "published_at": "2020-07-07T17:13:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-2417-72ac-a1e7-0fd6cf31f99c", "title": "Review: The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/07/02/review-the-deficit-myth-by-stephanie-kelton/", "published_at": "2020-07-02T14:51:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-2417-72ac-a1e7-0fd6cfb9a4a9", "title": "Research finds that high minimum wage rates disproportionately hurt African-American men", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/06/23/research-finds-that-high-minimum-wage-rates-disproportionately-hurt-african-american-men/", "published_at": "2020-06-23T17:08:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-2417-72ac-a1e7-0fd6d0639381", "title": "Gov. Walz pushes expanded ‘Ban the box’ laws which research shows negatively impact the employment prospects of young black and Latino men", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/06/22/gov-walz-pushes-expanded-ban-the-box-laws-which-research-shows-negatively-impact-the-employment-prospects-of-young-black-and-latino-men/", "published_at": "2020-06-22T16:59:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-2417-72ac-a1e7-0fd6d0e43f20", "title": "How is the American economy coping with Covid-19?", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/06/18/how-is-the-american-economy-coping-with-covid-19/", "published_at": "2020-06-18T17:09:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-2417-72ac-a1e7-0fd6d0e5339f", "title": "Minnesota’s shortage of trained ICU nurses shows why we should join the national Nurse Licensure Compact", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/06/10/minnesotas-shortage-of-trained-icu-nurses-shows-why-we-should-join-the-national-nurse-licensure-compact/", "published_at": "2020-06-10T17:10:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-ab41-73ef-9196-24dd0c0020a1", "title": "Review: Rocking Toward a Free World by András Simonyi", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/06/05/review-rocking-toward-a-free-world-by-andras-simonyi/", "published_at": "2020-06-05T17:25:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-ab41-73ef-9196-24dd0c4e977e", "title": "After a long run of rising spending, it’s time to tighten, Minnesota", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/05/13/after-a-long-run-of-rising-spending-its-time-to-tighten-minnesota/", "published_at": "2020-05-13T17:31:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-ab41-73ef-9196-24dd0c89e8a4", "title": "In deciding Coronavirus policy, both politics and science have a role to play", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/05/11/in-deciding-coronavirus-policy-both-politics-and-science-have-a-role-to-play/", "published_at": "2020-05-11T17:32:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-ab41-73ef-9196-24dd0d318776", "title": "The Coronavirus shutdown is a crisis for low paid workers", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/05/08/the-coronavirus-shutdown-is-a-crisis-for-low-paid-workers/", "published_at": "2020-05-08T17:34:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-ab41-73ef-9196-24dd0d483aae", "title": "Minnesota cannot tax its way out of its budget deficit", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/05/05/minnesota-cannot-tax-its-way-out-of-its-budget-deficit/", "published_at": "2020-05-05T17:35:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-ab41-73ef-9196-24dd0d608323", "title": "What can the Tiger King teach us about economics?", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/what-can-the-tiger-king-teach-us-about-economics/", "published_at": "2020-04-24T17:38:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-ab41-73ef-9196-24dd0d9797ce", "title": "What drives state economies?", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/03/09/what-drives-state-economies/", "published_at": "2020-03-09T16:15:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-ab41-73ef-9196-24dd0e701745", "title": "The 1619 Project gets it wrong about the American economy", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/03/05/the-1619-project-gets-it-wrong-about-the-american-economy/", "published_at": "2020-03-05T15:21:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-ab41-73ef-9196-24dd0ed01f96", "title": "Can private firms deliver social insurance?", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/03/03/can-private-firms-deliver-social-insurance/", "published_at": "2020-03-03T17:37:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-ab41-73ef-9196-24dd0effe1a1", "title": "Research shows that most of America’s rich earned their wealth", "url": "https://phelanomics.wordpress.com/2020/02/26/research-shows-that-most-of-americas-rich-earned-their-wealth/", "published_at": "2020-02-26T14:59:23+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Minnesota Joins Wealth Tax Push—Despite Their Risksoriginal ↗
7 May 2026
The real story of the 1926 General Strikeoriginal ↗
5 May 2026
State Economic Policy Is Shaping Electoral Destiny — That’s Bad News for Team Blueoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2026
Can Immigration Address America’s Fiscal Nightmare? It Dependsoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2026
US Economic Growth Looks Slow — Until You Compare It to Europe’soriginal ↗
16 Feb 2026

2025

Trump tariffs are bad economics and bad politicsoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2025

2024

The Miner’s Strikeoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2024
The failure of America’s ‘Twin Track’ Energy Policy in the 1970soriginal ↗
29 Mar 2024
Marijuana Legalization and Econ 101original ↗
30 Jan 2024
What’s the ‘X-Factor’ that helps Minnesota thrive?original ↗
23 Jan 2024
State Taxes and Sporting Performance: The evidenceoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2024

2023

Market Equilibrium versus Market Process: Kirzner’s Competition & Entrepreneurship at 50original ↗
21 Dec 2023
Iowa vs. Minnesota: Fiscal Sanity Is Beating Recklessnessoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2023
The British General Election of 1923: From Repeal of the Corn Laws to the End of Free Tradeoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2023
The Quantity Theory of Money in the Weimar Hyperinflationoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2023
The Social Consequences of the Weimar Hyperinflationoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2023
Hyperinflation in Germany, 1921-1923original ↗
9 Nov 2023
Josh Hawley’s Credit Card Cap Highlights Growing Divide Among ‘Freedom Conservatives’ and ‘National Conservatives’original ↗
8 Nov 2023
The True Story of the Oil Crisis of 1973-1974original ↗
19 Oct 2023
A sub-minimum wage or no wage at all?original ↗
19 Sept 2023
Tax Exilesoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2023
About Minnesota in those top states for business rankings…original ↗
17 Aug 2023
The Coolidge Curveoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2023
Trading Places: A Viewer’s Guideoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2023
Econ 101 Lessons from Highway 61 Revisitedoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2023
A Modest Proposal to Fix Social Securityoriginal ↗
9 May 2023
I’m on Substackoriginal ↗
2 May 2023
MMTers would fight inflation with fiscal austerityoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2023
Not enough housing? Let the market inoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2023
Exempt Social Security from state income tax? Good politics. Bad policyoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2023
Britain’s National Health Service is in Critical Conditionoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2023
Why housing and child care cost too muchoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2023
Now is the winter of our discontent…original ↗
10 Feb 2023
The DFL’s paid leave proposal: an expensive, over-engineered hammeroriginal ↗
5 Feb 2023
The Costs and Benefits of Peer Revieworiginal ↗
25 Jan 2023
A 5.5% hit from Brexit? Not so fast…original ↗
15 Jan 2023
For second Walz term, state’s economy is fragileoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2023

2022

One of these monetary expansions is not like the other…original ↗
26 Dec 2022
A Century of Irish Economic Independence: “The Celtic Tiger” and Beyondoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2022
A Century of Irish Economic Independenceoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2022
Inflation and Unemployment: Good News Isn’t Bad Newsoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2022
Fascism’s Words AND Deedsoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2022
Sterling’s – and Everybody’s – Crisisoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2022
Stop the Bleeding – ‘Trillion Dollar Triage’ by Nick Timiraosoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2022
Wednesday, Black and Whiteoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2022
Inflation Last Timeoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2022
The ‘Wage-Price’ Spiral Is a Symptom of Inflation, Not the Causeoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2022
Why a wealth tax was abandoned in Britainoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2022
Review: The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality by Oded Galororiginal ↗
11 Jul 2022
All the king’s horses, and all the king’s men – The Genoa Conference and the Gold Standardoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2022
Econ101 Lessons from St. Pauloriginal ↗
3 Apr 2022
What causes prosperity?original ↗
19 Jan 2022
Misunderstanding Inflationoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2022
Minnesota should join the national Nurse Licensure Compactoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2022
Inflation up, real earnings downoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2022

2021

Frank Knight’s “Risk, Uncertainty and Profit” 100 Years Lateroriginal ↗
30 Dec 2021
Minnesota lost 13,453 residents to other states in 2021, the most in more than 30 yearsoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2021
Research finds that extended and ‘enhanced’ unemployment benefits reduced employmentoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2021
Minnesota’s falling unemployment rate is entirely due to Minnesotans leaving the labor forceoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2021
In November, inflation rose at its fastest annual rate since June 1982original ↗
10 Dec 2021
Review: What We Owe Each Other by Minouche Shafikoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2021
If high taxes pay for high quality of life, why are people moving to low-tax states?original ↗
12 Nov 2021
Minneapolis Fed studies find that Twin Cities minimum wage hikes cost jobsoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2021
Would ‘Clean Slate’ laws backfire?original ↗
9 Nov 2021
Research finds that companies locate headquarters in states with lower corporate income taxesoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2021
Freedom to grow for Minnesota’s brewers and distillersoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2021
The Depression of 1920-1921: Why Historians—and Economists—Often Overlook Itoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2021
Review: Austrian Economics – An Introduction by Steven Horwitzoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2021
Corn Law repeal shows the progressive effects of freer tradeoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2021
An Economist’s View: Biden, media failing us on soaring lumber pricesoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2021
A new unemployment problem: it pays too welloriginal ↗
28 Apr 2021
Why do Dutch employers fire minimum wage workers before their birthdays?original ↗
12 Apr 2021
2020 saw fewest bankruptcies in Minnesota since 2006. Is this a good thing?original ↗
9 Apr 2021

2020

Minnesota’s tax revenues are coming in better than forecast. Why?original ↗
20 Oct 2020
How state policy affects economies on opposite sides of the Red Riveroriginal ↗
15 Oct 2020
Is this the new economic normal?original ↗
12 Oct 2020
Minnesota’s Border Battles: How state policy affects economies at the marginoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2020
Target is doing better than Walmart during the pandemic because its customers are doing betteroriginal ↗
19 Aug 2020
The economic damage of rioting lingers for a long timeoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2020
Research suggests that people took measures to halt the spread of Covid-19 without waiting for government to tell themoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2020
Who is hit hardest by Covid-19?original ↗
7 Aug 2020
The U.S. economy wasn’t the only one to tank in the second quarteroriginal ↗
31 Jul 2020
GDP tanked in the second quarter, but by how much?original ↗
30 Jul 2020
Economic suppression will hurt today’s grads for years to comeoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2020
Minnesota’s GDP shrinks by 4% in the first quarter of 2020original ↗
7 Jul 2020
Review: The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Keltonoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2020
Research finds that high minimum wage rates disproportionately hurt African-American menoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2020
Gov. Walz pushes expanded ‘Ban the box’ laws which research shows negatively impact the employment prospects of young black and Latino menoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2020
How is the American economy coping with Covid-19?original ↗
18 Jun 2020
Minnesota’s shortage of trained ICU nurses shows why we should join the national Nurse Licensure Compactoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2020
Review: Rocking Toward a Free World by András Simonyioriginal ↗
5 Jun 2020
After a long run of rising spending, it’s time to tighten, Minnesotaoriginal ↗
13 May 2020
In deciding Coronavirus policy, both politics and science have a role to playoriginal ↗
11 May 2020
The Coronavirus shutdown is a crisis for low paid workersoriginal ↗
8 May 2020
Minnesota cannot tax its way out of its budget deficitoriginal ↗
5 May 2020
What can the Tiger King teach us about economics?original ↗
24 Apr 2020
What drives state economies?original ↗
9 Mar 2020
The 1619 Project gets it wrong about the American economyoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2020
Can private firms deliver social insurance?original ↗
3 Mar 2020
Research shows that most of America’s rich earned their wealthoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2020
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