Minnesota Lawyer

Generation Next helps spawn collaboration among metro, rural groups.

Those of us on the road and vacationing in Minnesota this summer are seeing more “Help Wanted” and “Get Job Applications Here” signs than we’ve seen in many years.

Whether through amendment or covenant, lawmakers across the nation are beginning to cobble together a coherent state and national movement not just to reduce inequality between the rich and the poor, but to improve the basic condition of the median household.

The wisdom of Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Forbes ranked Minnesota second for “Economic Opportunity,” third for “Best Place to Make a Living” and eighth among “Best States for Business.”

A paper published by the Harvard Business School describes a growing national “Strive Together” network founded on the belief that educational outcomes could improve by addressing a child's nutritional, medical, and social needs in addition to what the school district alone provides.

A comprehensive study issued at the end of the legislative session provides a solid factual framework for understanding the stagnation of the middle class, gender and racial inequality, and the widening of the overall economic divide.

The 90-minute movie was released last fall and has been compared in its impact on economic policy debate to the effect of “An Inconvenient Truth” on the issue of climate change.

A book by Hendrick Smith explains in great detail how middle class families came to have less in comparable wages, benefits and assets, than their parents or grandparents.

Demographic maps spanning 60 years shows a welcome diversity boost