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Author: David Waymire

This author has written 6 articles
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Prosperous states are open and welcoming to talent of all types

  • January 8, 2014
  • David Waymire
  • Blog
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Michigan Future’s basic premise is that the key to prosperity in today’s knowledge-based economy is preparing, attracting and retaining talent. The best measure of that in today’s world is college attainment. An important key to talent is being open and…

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Investment: It should be more than just roads

  • January 23, 2013
  • David Waymire
  • Blog, Talent

Everyone seems to be ready to embrace the need for a substantial boost in state funding for transportation, even as they try to find the least politically objectionable way to do it. The conventional wisdom seems to be that due…

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Michigan’s failure to move toward knowledge economy hurts incomes

  • October 17, 2011
  • David Waymire
  • Blog, Talent

The following press release was issued in conjunction with the Michigan Future annual update which took place on Oct. 17 at 3 p.m. at the Detroit Regional Chamber offices. Please contact David Waymire with questions,  517-290-3610. New report finds most…

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Michigan’s Transition to a Knowledge-based Economy: Fourth Annual Progress Report

  • May 30, 2011
  • David Waymire
  • Talent, This Just In

Michigan’s Transition to a Knowledge-based Economy: Fourth Annual Progress Report May 2012 This is Michigan Future’s annual report on Michigan’s transition to a knowledge-based economy. How well Michigan does in this transition will, in large part, determine whether we get…

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Follow the dashboard to Michissippi — or Michesota

  • February 7, 2011
  • David Waymire
  • Blog
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The Gateway Lesson We Need to Learn

  • June 25, 2010
  • David Waymire
  • Blog

Lost in the latest political attacks against Rick Snyder – did he send Gateway factory jobs to China or not? – is a more fundamental matter that none of the candidates for governor seem willing to admit, and may not…

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