The move would produce stronger medical-education programs and promote better health care.

We could have regular analyses of where Minnesota’s economy has been and where it is going, all in one handy package.

In a perfect world, there is definitely a superior policy: a guaranteed basic income or negative income tax.

The governor’s budget makes several reasonable economic assumptions, but here’s one that raises a red flag among economists.

We can use the tax system to reduce demand and offset some of the negative costs. And we can decide which products are too "noxious" to allow.

Now Gov. Mark Dayton and the new Legislature must confront a projected $1.1 billion shortfall in the 2013-2014 budget.

Welch provided no evidence and smeared professional economists for no reason.

When people ask that question they are totally ignoring counterfactuals.

The future of Social Security and Medicare might be very different if Ryan is successful in getting Friedman’s ideas adopted.