Is Richard Florida Right?
Thought provoking article in the American Prospect about the work of Richard Florida. It is critical of him on a variety of fronts, but particularly
Thought provoking article in the American Prospect about the work of Richard Florida. It is critical of him on a variety of fronts, but particularly
Good article in the New York Times about how high skill immigrants are major contributors to economic growth. It cites a study they commissioned to
Why spend so much time on Mississippi? Because Michigan needs to get on a new path. And one of the ways of identifying that path
In a recent post the Mackinac Center argues that Mississippi should be a model for Michigan because it has a high per capita income growth
Great column in AnnArbor.com by Tamara Real, the Executive Director of the Arts Alliance in Ann Arbor. Its about the value of arts education. Which
Received a thoughtful response from Mike Hansen – the terrific President of the Michigan Community College Association – on my improving college graduation rates post.
Good post on quality of place by Rick Haglund at his web site. Its micheconomy.com Worth checking out regularly. Rick always has an interesting take
In my last post I recommended that we ask 2010 candidates “what state would Michigan look like if your economic development strategies worked?” The other
Once in a long while you read something that you could have written word for work. That is the case for me and today’s Free
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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