As we explored previously Michigan has lousy k-12 student outcomes and is making little progress if at all. A recipe for long term economic decline.
As we explored in our last post Michigan is now structurally a lower tier state in per capita income. And in the bottom ten in
The reality is, whether we are willing to admit it or not, Michigan is now one of the country’s poorest states. That is the unambiguous
Increasingly the story we are being told about the economy is that there are too many people with four-year degrees and not enough with training
What continues to worry me most about the future of Michigan is that our definition of what success looks like is grounded in the past.
The evidence continues to pour in that those with a four-year degree or more have the highest incomes and wages. Not that a four-year degree
Michigan is not a state that attracts many young adults to live and work here. Its a problem we need to address. But unless and
We ended our previous post on whether Michigan is back with the conclusion that the fundamental challenge Michigan is facing is too few good paying
Michigan elites––corporate, elected officials and the press––increasingly claim that Michigan is back. Thanks in no small part to the huge federal bailout of the domestic
Included in my standard presentation is this quote from Harvard economist Edward Glaeser: In the long run, America will be richer than China only by having
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