Louis johnston Minnesota Renewable Energy Roundtable leadership grou 01 10-2011
1. How Can Minnesota Stay Above Average? Louis D. Johnston Presentation at the Minnesota Renewable Energy Roundtable Action Team Leadership Retreat January 10, 2011
5. ''Milton's out to save the world and I'm out to understand it.'' George Stigler NY Times, October 21, 1982
6. Quick overview: Economic growth in Minnesota since World War II: The data Economic theory: The sources of economic growth Economic policy: what role for policy in promoting and sustaining economic growth?
65. The big questions for public policy: Do people follow jobs? or Do jobs follow people?
66. How Minnesota Became Above Average 1950s-2000s (People follow jobs) Public policy focus: Accumulate and attract more human and physical capital Technology transfer 2010 onward (Jobs follow people) Public policy focus: Improve quality of human and physical capital Technological innovation