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4/12/13

New MCFE Issue Brief: "Minnesota's Troubled Price of Government"

3/27/13

MCFE Releases 2013 Edition of its National Individual Income Tax Comparison Study

3/18/13

Another Chapter in the Annals of Pension Chutzpah

3/6/13

Three Property Tax Memes That Can’t Go Away Soon Enough

2/19/13

New MCFE Report Examines Minnesota Competitiveness

New MCFE Issue Brief: "Minnesota's Troubled Price of Government"

Since the early 1990’s, the Minnesota Price of Government (POG) has been calculated to measure and track state and local government’s claim on Minnesota income. However, since its inception, the composition of Minnesota Personal Income – a foundation of the price of government calculation – has changed dramatically making common interpretations and uses of the POG problematic at best and distorting at worst.

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