MinnEcon Blog

Worrisome statistic and chart of the day
From chief economics correspondent Chris Farrell In a McKinsey Global Institute study on U.S. multinational corporations this statistic stood out: Forty years ago, the United States was a leader in high school graduation rates; today, it ranks 18th out of 24 industrialized nations. This chart makes it visually clear that we’ve lost ground on high…
More nurses and patient outcomes
From chief economics correspondent Chris Farrell The clock is ticking on a potential Twin Cities nurses strike on July 6. The hospitals and nurses haven’t been able to come to an agreement. A major sticking point in the negotiations is that the nurses union want hospitals to limit the number of patients nurses are required…