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In our 2018 state policy agenda, we write that the state needs a strong social safety net in order to promote opportunity for Michigan families.
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In our 2018 state policy agenda, we write that the state needs a strong social safety net in order to promote opportunity for Michigan families.

Last week I heard a sad but important interview with Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City and

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
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