MinnEcon Blog

For the first time in my life, I think, I watched C-SPAN on a Saturday night. I watched the vote on the massive health care insurance overhaul. I don’t know what to make of it and I’m still unsure if the final product (the Senate will take a crack at it next) will match up…
President Obama today signs into law a bill that extends jobless benefits and also gives potential homeowners another crack at a tax credit. In Minnesota, it means as many as 14 more weeks of jobless aid to people who’ve exhausted state and federal benefits. That’ll be good news to a lot of people. It comes…
The Twin Cities housing market won't recover without fixing the short sale mess.