By John Spry St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) – Sunday June 20, 2010 Rhode Island is passing Minnesota in the race for mobile workers, entrepreneurs, and job-creating investments. Its decision to do so could provide a roadmap for a major tax reform in Minnesota. Rhode Island’s legislature unanimously voted to reduce its highest income tax […]
Example: Single parents with modest incomes in Minnesota can face ‘effective marginal tax rates’ over 100% By John Spry St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) – Sunday May 9, 2010 – Page B9 Are we still a society that values honest work? Our state and federal laws provide an unpleasant answer. Our tax code imposes punishing […]
St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) – Thursday, February 4, 2010 Author/Byline: John Spry Edition: St. Paul Section: Editorial Page: B9 We should all agree that we want a more prosperous Minnesota. Here are two specific reforms that will strengthen Minnesota’s economy — End the state income tax exemption for interest on Minnesota municipal bonds. — […]
St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) – Thursday, May 14, 2009 Author/Byline: John Spry Edition: St. Paul Section: Editorial Page: B8 Minnesota has the third-highest statutory corporate income tax rate in the industrialized world. If the DFL tax plan the governor vetoed were to become law, Minnesota would have the fourth-highest personal income tax rate in […]
The Macroeconomics rap battle video “Fear the Boom and Bust” has been released. I enjoyed the world premier at the American Economic Association conference in Atlanta, Georgia at the beginning of 2010.
Tagged TeachingThis paper in the Eastern Economic Journal (co-authored with Jocelyn Crowley) examines the effects of the government created monopolies at service areas along New Jersey’s Toll Roads. An earlier working paper version of this paper resulted in a brief story in the New York Times. I am not sure if the reporter grasped the main […]
Tagged Deadweight Loss, Monopoly, New Jersey