Progress on public investments?
Finally some good news on the public investment front. As you know, our research has led us to believe that public investments in preparing, retaining and attracting talent are the key to positioning Michigan and its citizens for prosperity in a flattening world. What has been so frustrating for years is that business and political […]
Lessons to learn: President Clinton
Former President Clinton has written a new book: Back to Work: Why We Need a Smart Government for a Strong Economy. Worth reading. The book basically covers two topics. His policy agenda for how the federal government should both get the economy growing again and deal with its structural deficit. And the case for why active […]
Politics vs. economics again
After the 2010 election I wrote two posts on how disconnected our politics are from the new economic realities of a flattening world. (You can find those posts here and here.) In an insightful column New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman writes the same disconnect occurred during the Iowa caucus campaign. In a column entitled […]
Lessons to learn: California billonaires
A recent LA Times story is headlined “California billionaires plan to put big tax hike on the ballot.” You read that right: private sector leaders pushing for a tax increase! What do they want to do with the increased funds? Invest in education and local government. Why more funding for education – both k-12 and […]
Lessons to learn: Mayor Bloomberg
Happy New Year! I want to start the year by writing about those who provide lessons and/or ideas on the agenda that can allow us to move towards Governor Snyder’s goal of a Michigan 3.0. Seems like I spend a lot of time in these posts criticizing what Michigan is doing. Rather than complaining, I […]