Does Economic Development Work?
Interesting article by Rick Haglund in Dome Magazine. Its a brief history of the state’s economic development efforts from Milliken to Granholm. What struck me
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Interesting article by Rick Haglund in Dome Magazine. Its a brief history of the state’s economic development efforts from Milliken to Granholm. What struck me
Interesting study from the Fiscal Policy Institute on the role of immigrants in growing regional economies. They looked at the nation’s twenty five largest metropolitan
Didn’t get into Harvard? Well, it is good that you applied. Research highlighted in a Wall Street Journal article today about the value of a
One of the maxims of marketing is that it is always easier to retain a customer than it is to attract one. For Michigan,
Two excellent opinion pieces this week from the Grand Rapids Press. One on college attainment being the key to economic growth, the other on low
There are many who question why it is that folks like us place such a high priority on retaining and attracting recent college graduates. Why
I had a chance a few weeks ago to lay out for the State Board of Education how I would deal with the state’s long
Read this! Its Jim Duderstadt”s (the former U of M President) recent interview in Crain’s Detroit Business. Its terrific. As always Jim is direct, no
The revival of Detroit is happening, slowly but surely. The best indicator is the pulse of the so-called “creative class” that are typically the first
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