The Economic Club of Minnesota (ECOM) provides a high-profile, non-partisan platform for national and international leaders in business, government and public policy to present their ideas on how Minnesota can better compete in the global economy and how America can most effectively provide world leadership on economic and strategic issues.

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The Economic Club of Minnesota (ECOM) provides a high-profile, non-partisan platform for national and international leaders in business, government and public policy to present their ideas on how Minnesota can better compete in the global economy and how America can most effectively provide world leadership on economic and strategic issues.
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Recent Episodes

May 18, 2026
Dr. Donald Boudreaux
<p>George Mason University economist Don Boudreaux took the stage at the Economic Club of Minnesota on May 11, 2026, as a myth-buster with a simple but powerful challenge: compared to what? In his presentation on Trump's second-term tariffs, Boudreaux cut through the political noise by stacking 2025's economic performance against hard benchmarks, including 2024 and Trump's own first term in 2017. The numbers told a sobering story. Nonfarm employment grew at just 0.5% in 2025 versus 1.6% in 2017, manufacturing employment actually declined, unemployment rose, and all three major stock indices trailed their 2017 post-election performance. </p> <p>Boudreaux also shed light on a broader truth that rarely makes headlines: by historical standards, American households are dramatically better off than they were decades ago, with real net worth 80% higher than in 2001 and more than double what it was in 1994. His message was clear and grounded in evidence rather than ideology. Whether tariffs get credit or blame, the facts demand more than talking points. For an audience of Minnesota business leaders, policymakers, and students, Boudreaux delivered exactly what the Economic Club is known for: a speaker who moves the conversation well beyond the soundbites. </p>

April 13, 2026
Professor Mari Pangestu
<p>Against a backdrop of surging tariffs, fracturing alliances, and rising protectionist sentiment on both sides of the Atlantic and the Pacific, the Economic Club of Minnesota gathered to celebrate someone who has spent her entire career swimming against that current. Dr. Mari Elka Pangestu, economist, former cabinet minister, World Bank managing director, and now Indonesia's Special Envoy for International Trade and Multilateral Cooperation, received the Bill Frenzel Champion of Free Trade Award.</p> <p>The honor could not have come at a sharper moment. As Minnesota companies navigate the whiplash of new U.S. tariffs and retaliatory measures reshaping global supply chains, Pangestu offered something rarer than policy prescriptions: a long view, anchored in decades of experience navigating trade negotiations from Jakarta to Geneva to Washington.</p>

April 7, 2026
The Geopolitical Power of Agriculture
<p>On March 30, the Economic Club of Minnesota hosted "The Geopolitical Power of Agriculture," bringing together CHS President & CEO Jay Debertin and CoBank CEO Tom Halverson for a candid conversation about the pressures facing American farmers. The verdict was sobering: row crop producers, particularly soybean and corn growers here in the Midwest, are caught in a perfect storm of depressed commodity prices, trade-driven uncertainty, and surging competition from Brazil. As the Minnesota Star Tribune reported, Halverson noted that the Midwest is the "epicenter" of struggles for row crops, while farmers raising livestock are faring comparatively well. </p> <p>Adding urgency to the discussion was the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which both leaders warned could structurally reshape global ag markets. "There's not a producer in agriculture around the world that won't be impacted," Debertin said of the continuing conflict. Halverson cautioned that any short-term price bump from the disruption shouldn't be mistaken for stability, and that reopening key shipping routes won't happen overnight. Still, both leaders remained measured in their outlook. "We've had low commodity prices before. We've had high commodity prices before. Those are the cycles of agriculture," Debertin said — a reminder that while the headwinds are real, Minnesota's farmers and agribusinesses have weathered hard seasons before.</p>
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