Evan Ramstad
Columnist
BusinessHe moved to the Twin Cities and joined the Star Tribune in 2013. Ramstad previously worked for The Wall Street Journal in Seoul, Hong Kong and Dallas, and the Associated Press in New York, Washington and Dallas and briefly at the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He grew up in Grinnell, Iowa, where he got a start in journalism at radio station KGRN.
Latest from Evan Ramstad
Ramstad: We’re wary of the super-rich. Also, we want to be the super-rich.
Our annual look at the earnings of Minnesota’s CEOs highlights competing feelings about high net worth.
July 10, 2025
Ramstad: Think cars and trucks have gotten expensive? Take a look at tractors.
Greg Peterson, the internet’s “Machinery Pete,” tracks changes in the farm equipment market.
July 7, 2025
Ramstad: Musk, Trump, Congress create an extraordinary moment in America’s business history
Republicans wipe out tax incentives just as Tesla finally puts an autonomous car on the road.
July 5, 2025
Ramstad: Beyond cuts to government aid, Trump’s big bill in Congress would harm charities
The economic argument for the Big Beautiful Bill appears to be heads-I-win-and-tails-you-lose.
June 30, 2025
Ramstad: The fight over the big, empty Sears store at the Mall of America rages on
Thirty years ago, when Sears was at the top of its game, the mall gave it a killer deal: a 99-year lease under which Sears would pay a mere $10 annually.
June 28, 2025
Target faces serious challenges as CEO Cornell’s retirement nears
The Brian Cornell era is nearing an end, and an heir apparent has appeared.
June 28, 2025
Ramstad: Affordable or not, housing can take years to build in Minnesota
A multifamily property developer in Bloomington went through many twists just to get ready for construction to start.
June 21, 2025
Ramstad: In a last interview, Hortman discussed how politics have shifted
Days before her death, DFL leader Melissa Hortman said the culture war overtook economics in the Minnesota Legislature this spring.
June 17, 2025
Ramstad: The fight over the big, empty Sears store at the Mall of America rages on
Thirty years ago, when Sears was at the top of its game, the mall gave it a killer deal: a 99-year lease under which Sears would pay a mere $10 annually.
June 28, 2025
Target faces serious challenges as CEO Cornell’s retirement nears
The Brian Cornell era is nearing an end, and an heir apparent has appeared.
June 28, 2025
Ramstad: Affordable or not, housing can take years to build in Minnesota
A multifamily property developer in Bloomington went through many twists just to get ready for construction to start.
June 21, 2025
Ramstad: In a last interview, Hortman discussed how politics have shifted
Days before her death, DFL leader Melissa Hortman said the culture war overtook economics in the Minnesota Legislature this spring.
June 17, 2025