Jim Duderstadt, President Emeritus of the University of Michigan, sent me the other day information on a report just released by the Committee on Research
Amazing new data from the Census Bureau. 2011 is the first year in a century that central cities grew more than their suburbs. (See this
The Lansing State Journal recently did a section on the importance of talent attraction and retention to the region’s economic success. Worth reading! I was
Interesting Wall Street Journal article entitled “Forget B-school, D-school is hot”. D for arts and design schools. Demand for these schools is growing as is
A central theme of ours is that economic growth is increasingly being driven by big metropolitan areas anchored by vibrant central cities. These are the
Lots of good stuff being written about the themes we are focused on at Michigan Future. Here is a list of recent articles I think
Fascinating Crain’s Detroit Business article entitled “So why does a business leave northern Michigan for Florida? Sometimes, it’s talent, not taxes.” The story is about
For my Wayne State speech I used three quotes to introduce our framework for what state and local policy makers and economic development leaders should
Finally we are having the debate we need on higher education funding. For the past decade the state – on a bi-partisan basis – has
For decades we have been told by much of the organized business community and conservative policy makers and pundits that Michigan needs to move in
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