Edward Lotterman

We are now eight weeks from the election and two days away from a much ballyhooed presidential candidate “debate” between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris. The word “debate”...

In 63 days we will vote in the most momentous presidential elections of most of our lifetimes. The underlying political fundamentals seem clear to many on both sides, and many...

It’s budget time in the Twin Cities. Mayors of both St. Paul and Minneapolis have released their plans for the coming year. Both contain substantial increases in both spending and...

  St. Paul economist and writer Edward Lotterman can be reached at [email protected].

  St. Paul economist and writer Edward Lotterman can be reached at [email protected].

A modest business on the east side of St. Paul exemplifies the knotty dilemmas faced by dozens of U.S. cities. It is an iron foundry, a shop where molten iron...

With 107 days left before the presidential election and 182 to Inauguration Day, our nation is in unprecedented political turmoil. What does that mean for the economy generally? What about...

Information has great value in producing goods and services. Unfortunately, it is seldom free of cost. Moreover, there often is an inverse relationship where the more vital the information, the...

How do you know not to hire a particular financial planner? Well, if they write about Social Security that “when they started the program the average age of death was...

Late-night TV comedian Taylor Tomlinson describes telling a boyfriend that she is “the lesson that you just cannot learn!” That Catch-22 applies to what a changing climate is to the...