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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
  • 0 Comments

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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Marco Rubio And Restoring The American Dream

Marco Rubio and restoring the American Dream

  • January 25, 2019
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Feature, Shared Prosperity
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In a previous post we quoted Republican United States Senator Marco Rubio on the need for an American economy that provides more middle class jobs. In an article for the Atlantic Rubio entitled America Needs to Restore Dignity of Work,…

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Inclusiveness Isn’t Just A Feel-good Notion; It’s An Economic Imperative

Inclusiveness isn’t just a feel-good notion; it’s an economic imperative

  • August 10, 2018
  • Rick Haglund
  • Feature
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In researching my recent report for Michigan Future about how metropolitan Minneapolis became one of the wealthiest and most livable regions of the country, one issue was repeatedly cited to me by business and community leaders: the need to become…

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