Hey, here’s a happy economic fact! South Dakota’s filthy rich aren’t as far removed from the rest of us as the national 1% are! According…
Tag: income
Instead of talking about raising wages, South Dakota’s corporate-Republican leadership excuses low wages by alleging that it costs less to live here. I’ve regularly explained…
South Dakota lagged on three economic indicators in 2017. According to Mike Maciag’s analysis of Bureau of Economic Analysis data, South Dakota had below average…
In the Longing for Consistency Department, John Tsitrian wonders where, oh where, have the deficit hawks gone? A more unnerving embrace of surrealism is the casual…
Independent blogger John Tsitrian finds the Legislature’s proposed pay amendment reasonable, given that raising legislators’ annual pay from $6,000 to $10,200 is equivalent to what…
A couple weeks ago, John Tsitrian presented the surprising data that, under the Daugaard Administration, South Dakota’s per capita GDP growth has averaged a meager…
A couple weeks ago, I reported BEA data showing South Dakota’s farm earnings were down 57% in 2016. The Mitchell Tech-based Center for Farm/Ranch Management gathers similarly…
But No Statewide Depression Yet? The Black Hills Knowledge Network notices new Bureau of Economic Analysis data that show personal income in South Dakota grew $480 million last…
The Augustana Research Institute (picture two Lutherans with a graphing calculator) has issued a weighty report on affordable housing in Sioux Falls. The report brims with concept maps showing the messy web of…
Republicans tell us that social programs like Medicaid (which Governor Daugaard has cleverly delayed expanding for another Session) and food stamps only discourage people from working. Via…