Shopping for schools
At its core Michigan Future Schools and the broader Excellent Schools Detroit are designed to use the market place to reform schooling for Detroit children.
Engines of Prosperity?
Quite predictably the release of the 2010 Census was accompanied by a chorus of Michigan needs to be like the South admonitions. It happens with
Politics vs. Economics II
My big picture take on the recent elections: Those doing well in the transition to a knowledge-based economy and minorities voted D. Those doing poorly
Teaching Economic Development
I had the privilege this past semester for the first time to teach a college class. Economic Development Planning in the Masters of Urban Planning
2011 Predictions
The folks at MiBiz.com were kind enough to ask me again to be one of their guest columnists on what we see happening in 2011.
State Tax Realities
Jeff Guilfoyle, the terrific President of the Citizens Research Council of Michigan, recently did a presentation to our Leadership Council on Michigan’s state and local
