Economic Policy Institute

Minnesota job loss: Made in China

Tim and Mary Pawlenty, happily signing away all your jobs.​First we learned Minnesota is taking all the jobs in America. Now we know that China is taking all of Minnesota's jobs. So, A minus B, minus China, times infinity... soon China will have every single job in America.Well, maybe it's not tha ... More >>

Twin Cities worst in U.S. for racial unemployment disparities

Photo: daquellamaneraIn the Twin Cities, this means you, especially if you are black.​If you're black in the Twin Cities you're more than three times as likely to be unemployed as your white neighbors. That's the worst disparity in the nation, according to a new study by the Economic Policy ... More >>

Beyond Detroit: How many jobs would Minnesota lose if Big 3 went under?

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Chicken Little Amok on the Business Pages

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Assume the Crash Position

With a new bill, Northwest puts Wall Street in first class and throws its retiring workers in steerage

Cruelest Cut

With a new bill, Northwest puts Wall Street in first class and throws its retiring workers in steerage

7/6 Morning Communiqué

With a new bill, Northwest puts Wall Street in first class and throws its retiring workers in steerage

The poor get poorer

With a new bill, Northwest puts Wall Street in first class and throws its retiring workers in steerage

6/23: Morning Communique

With a new bill, Northwest puts Wall Street in first class and throws its retiring workers in steerage

It's the economy, stupid

With a new bill, Northwest puts Wall Street in first class and throws its retiring workers in steerage

Everything You Know About Taxes is Wrong

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Cay Johnston talks about the retooling of the tax code to serve the very rich at the expense of the middle

Take This Job and Love It

Sure, jobs are slowly coming back to Minnesota. And the pay is lousy.

Reading, Writing, and Revenue

The Edison Project's formula is simple: Take a Minneapolis public school, add some entrepreneurial savvy, and watch the profits roll in. Trouble is, it doesn't add up.

Dark Horse

If he runs for president next year, there's little chance Sen. Paul Wellstone will win. But he just might nudge the Democrats slightly to the left.