Mid-Week Reads: Corporate Welfare and Sleep-Deprived Workers

Every week, North Star will take some time out of our schedules to bring you our favorite reads from the past week. Jeff Van Wychen The Real Welfare Cheats According to a new Oxfam report, governments around the world lose $100 billion every year because multinational...

Business Property Taxes Not as High as We’re Led to Believe

A recent publication from the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce contains a list of claims regarding the level of business property taxes in Minnesota relative to other states: 49th “worst” (i.e., second highest) among the fifty states for rural commercial property taxes,...

A Comparative View of 2016 State Broadband Plans

This year, the Minnesota legislature is paying a lot of attention to broadband for its benefits in economic and social development. After Minnesota failed to reach its initial broadband goals, it becomes apparent that Minnesota needs to increase its investment in our...

Who Pays the “Fair Tax”?

The term “fair tax” refers to proposals to repeal individual and corporate income taxes and several other taxes and replace them with a broad-based sales tax. How will this tax impact taxpayers of differing incomes? As it turns out, the answer depends on how the fair...

Mid-Week Reads: On Government and Target

Every week, North Star will take some time out of our schedules to bring you our favorite reads from the past week. Jeff Van Wychen Things are Getting Better, Slowly, Because of Government This article is a summary of a recent Twin Cities talk given by Yale political...