I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why middle class life feels increasingly unstable over these last several years—especially in Michigan. Frequent readers of MFI
Another list of economic well being that you don’t want to be on that Michigan is on. This one comes from Harvard University economists Benjamin
On Wednesday I wrote about how women in particular are doing in Michigan’s–and the world’s–changing economy. I started by sharing data on single women-led households
Following a weekend in which, for the second year in a row, women around the world marched for a variety of issues affecting women and
Some in Lansing would have you believe that our economy is as healthy as ever, with the state’s unemployment rate as low as it’s been
In my last post I recommended three books and a video on education and placemaking. In this post we look at three books worth reading
In our first ever state policy agenda we identify dealing with the Great Decoupling as the preeminent economic challenge of our times. Figuring out how
Last week I summarized the section of our recently released paper, A Path to Good-paying Careers for all Michiganders: Sharing prosperity with those not participating in
If you’ve been following this blog, you know we recently released the second in-depth topic paper outlining the proposed policy changes that we believe can
Our latest report provides a set of ideas for how we improve living standards for Michiganders not participating in the high-wage knowledge economy. Last week
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