Recent content from Lee Schafer
Schafer: How Allina, Blue Cross define the 'value-based' trend sweeping health care
It's a term that's close to meaningless to an industry outsider.
Schafer: From the left and right, ideas flow for an income floor
Economist Milton Friedman and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter share an idea.
Schafer: We are working harder to adjust to the here and now of the pandemic
Six months into the pandemic in the U.S., the picture does not look that much clearer.
Schafer: Private equity won't fill Minnesota's pension gap
There's no quick and low-cost way to sell the private assets and no real-time price for what they are worth.
Schafer: Home real estate may be immune to the pandemic, but commercial properties aren't
It's easy to guess where it's really painful, with social distancing keeping lots of people from shopping in stores or staying in hotels.
Schafer: Pandemic-driven virtual conferences may be here to stay
The marketers at Minnesota’s media companies came up with clever State Fair T-shirts this year after all, like Minnesota Public Radio’s “The Great…
Schafer: Diverging effects of the pandemic visible in the numbers at Target, Walmart
It has long been understood that these two companies have a different core customer, even with a big overlap in merchandise at similar prices.
Schafer: Can a downturn actually be the right time to start a business?
Recessions do seem to create more incentive for potential customers to look for cheaper or more efficient ways to do things.
Schafer: Will it take a pandemic to finally change college sports?
Without money, the unfairness in the way risks and rewards were spread around gets exposed.
Schafer: The best-kept secret in town? An at-home workout provider takes off in the pandemic
Usage of the fitness and wellness coaching service of Wellbeats skyrocketed, but this was not some sort of accident.