Center of the American Experiment
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Minnesota Economic Education
Minnesota Economy:The Minnesota Economy Project was launched in 2016. Its goal is to educate Minnesotans to the fact that the state's economic performance in recent years has not been good, in order to build public and legislative support for lower taxes and less onerous regulation. Since 2016, the Center has published an annual analysis of Minnesota's economic performance in the 21st Century. We have publicized the findings of each paper with press conferences, radio and television appearances, op-eds in dozens of newspapers, radio ads on dozens of radio stations, three internet videos that have now exceeded 2 million views within the State of Minnesota, town meetings and other public appearances, and posts on the Center's web site and Facebook page. In 2023, we published and disseminated a report calling for cuts in Minnesota's income taxes, which are among the highest in the country, drive citizens out of our state, and suppress economic growth.In 2023, we also produced a major study on the relationship between levels of social capital and median household incomes. Our report, which was presented to the Midwest Economics Association, found that 55% of the variation of median household income across 3,000 American counties can be explained by variations in levels of social capital, especially Family Unity.On health care, we published and disseminated a paper on how to make health care prices more transparent in Minnesota. We published and publicized another paper on how reinsurance saved Minnesota's individual health insurance market, a successful policy that has recently come under attack. We published another paper titled "Guidance to Congress on Health Care Price Transparency Legislation," authored by Senior Policy Fellow Peter Nelson, who spent three years in the Trump Administration, working on health care price transparency regulations. We further published a paper on Minnesota's Individual Health Insurance Outlook for 2024.We also addressed transportation issues in a paper published in January 2023, titled "Minnesota Transportation After Covid-19," which documented the failure of public transit in Minnesota to meet its political objectives.Our policy goals include abolition of the estate tax; spending restraint to allow tax cuts; personal and corporate income tax rate cuts; regulatory reform; and increasing competition among health care providers and insurers. Other Center projects, such as our energy work, will also contribute to a stronger Minnesota economy.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$488.3KThinking Minnesota Magazine
Thinking Minnesota Magazine: Thinking Minnesota, our quarterly magazine, is an important communications vehicle for American Experiment, with a circulation of more than 80,000. The Center's goal is to continue to build circulation while using the magazine to spread conservative ideas and promote the Center.Sharp content and compelling graphics have driven the popularity of Thinking Minnesota. In order to reduce the net cost of the magazine we sell ads in the magazine, and also solicit contributions to help keep Thinking Minnesota free.Our magazine also features the Thinking Minnesota Poll, a top-notch, professional poll conducted by Meeting Street Research. For each issue, we survey Minnesotans on the topics that are covered in our magazine, so that legislators and others will know what Minnesotans think on key issues.Thinking Minnesota broadly advances the policy goals on which American Experiment is working. It also promotes the Center and exposes new potential donors to our work.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$996.8KPublic Policy Forums
Forums:American Experiment continues its tradition of addressing important and timely topics through public forums. In 2023, a record 55 events were hosted which included 4 webinars, 28 Greater Minnesota events and a 22-city summer tour that detailed how the legislative session went "Off the Cliff" with spending, including spending the state's entire $17.6 billion surplus, and extreme new progressive laws were passed. We hosted forums with our own policy experts, scholars, authors, elected officials, and well-known commentators. Forum topics covered everything from energy to education to criminal justice. In May 2023, Dennis Prager was the keynote speaker at our Annual Dinner. In July 2023, over 400 people turned out for a forum in which Riley Gaines spoke about men competing in women's sports. In October, journalist Matt Taibbi headlined our Fall Briefing. We are proud to bring fact-based education on important policy topics to Minnesota and beyond.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$450.6K
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