While most news about the incoming administration focuses on cabinet picks, Donald Trump also faces important decisions about the Federal Reserve, a government institution that by design is immune from politics. Here, I’d give Trump the advice Gen. Dwight Eisenhower…
Some get profiled, others get privilege
Some people pooh-pooh the existence of bigotry, but I myself, an elderly white guy, have been profiled against repeatedly recently — and it ain’t pretty folks! Yet often snap judgments based on cursory information, including appearance, are economically efficient. Social…
An economist explains why he’s repelled by Donald Trump
I believe the election of Donald Trump as president could undermine the traditions and values that have ensured our peace and prosperity through the years. I know others feel differently based on their beliefs, backgrounds and values. I come to…
Why we economists were wrong on MNsure
It’s re-enrollment time for people who get individual medical insurance through the state exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act. In our state, this is MNsure. As this was the most contentious legislation of the Obama administration and as we…