Full employment and too many low wage jobs
The Atlantic recently explored what the American economy might look like with full employment. Using today’s metro Des Moines as the example. It’s a region
July 13, 2018
The Atlantic recently explored what the American economy might look like with full employment. Using today’s metro Des Moines as the example. It’s a region
Most, if not all, major metropolitan areas have business organizations that promote the economic well being of their regions. But the Itasca Project serving Minnesota’s
The Michigan Association of United Way’s ALICE report is the best calculation of the proportion of Michigan households that cannot afford basic necessities. That 40
The preeminent challenge of our times is figuring out how to reverse what is being called the Great Decoupling. Where even when the economy is
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
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