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What Could An Ambitious State EITC Mean For Michigan Families?

What could an ambitious state EITC mean for Michigan families?

  • January 24, 2023
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Feature
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Every year, the US Census Bureau publishes estimates of the poverty rate in the U.S. There is the official poverty measure (OPM), which is what we use to determine eligibility for government assistance, and the supplemental poverty measure (SPM), which…

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Patrick Cooney Rejoins Michigan Future Inc. As Vice President

Patrick Cooney rejoins Michigan Future Inc. as Vice President

  • January 18, 2023
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Michigan Future Inc., a Michigan-focused non-partisan, non-profit think tank, today announced the hiring of Patrick Cooney as Vice President. Cooney joins the Michigan Future Inc. team after having served as the assistant director of policy impact at Poverty Solutions, overseeing…

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Expanding Michigan’s Earned Income Tax Credit Can Combat Benefit Cliffs

Expanding Michigan’s Earned Income Tax Credit can combat benefit cliffs

  • February 17, 2022
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Feature
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The appropriate size and scope of our social safety-net has long been a matter of disagreement between politicians, researchers, and advocates on the left and right. But one thing that seemingly everyone can agree on is that no matter how…

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The Urgency Of Imagination For Schooling Redesign

The urgency of imagination for schooling redesign

  • September 30, 2021
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Feature, Talent
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Success in today’s and tomorrow’s economy is largely dependent on having a set of skills that are critical in today’s workplace. At Michigan Future, we’ve been using a framework articulated by learning scientists Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Golinkoff for these…

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A Pathway For Every Child: What Now? Ep. 10 With Pam Moran And Ira Socol

A Pathway for Every Child: What Now? Ep. 10 with Pam Moran and Ira Socol

  • April 5, 2021
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Feature, What Now? Video Interviews
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Two threads came together for me recently. In talking with Colin Seale, the keynoter at our recent conversation on educational equity that we titled "Beyond Learning Loss" (video available here), I was reminded that of everything we've tried in education…

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It’s Time To Invest On Main Street

It’s time to invest on Main Street

  • December 22, 2020
  • Ned Staebler
  • Blog, Feature, Place Making
  • 2 Comments

Today we're pleased to feature a guest post from Ned Staebler, the Vice President for Economic Development at Wayne State University and the President and CEO of TechTown, Detroit’s most established business incubator and accelerator. I’ve been an economic developer…

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Report From “Outsmarting The Robots”: Part 1

Report from “Outsmarting the Robots”: Part 1

  • December 6, 2019
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Feature, Talent
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On October 21, Michigan Future co-hosted a convening in downtown Grand Rapids for 60 community leaders called Outsmarting the Robots: Redesigning education from the classroom to the halls of Lansing. The goals of this half-day event were: To help catalyze…

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Michigan Cities Need More Gentrification

Michigan cities need more gentrification

  • August 21, 2019
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Feature, Place Making
  • 3 Comments

For years I have said that the city of Detroit needs more gentrification and congestion. As most of you would expect, the push-back is immediate and intense. Most folks think of the negative consequences of both and instinctively recoil at…

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A Call To Reform Capitalism From A Capitalist

A call to reform capitalism from a capitalist

  • May 15, 2019
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Feature, Shared Prosperity
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Ray Dalio's call to reform capitalism is high recommended. Dalio is the founder, co-Chief Investment Officer and co-Chairman of Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund. In his essay entitled Why and how capitalism needs to be reformed, Dalio writes:…

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The Economic Well-being Of Michiganders Is Getting Worse: Part 1

The economic well-being of Michiganders is getting worse: Part 1

  • April 2, 2019
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Feature, Shared Prosperity
  • 0 Comments

At Michigan Future, our goal is prosperity for all Michigan families. That doesn't mean just a high GDP or low unemployment. We all know there are plenty of jobs that don't pay well, and plenty of people working multiple jobs…

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  • Patrick Cooney rejoins Michigan Future Inc. as Vice President January 18, 2023
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