Attracting and retaining young talent: the economic development strategy that really matters
In my last post, I looked at the connection between the educational attainment of the working-age population of a region or state, and the prosperity
The connection between educational attainment and economic development
Most discussions about economic development in Michigan are pretty narrowly focused. How many jobs did we “create?” What companies did we “attract”, or retain? Manufacturing
Jamie Dimon on expaning the Earned Income Tax Credit
Jamie Dimon, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co, in his latest Letter to Shareholders calls for a big
The Neighborhood Talent Concentration Initiative
Now is the time to make fundamental change in the state’s economic development playbook. What we have been doing has not worked. Michigan’s per capita
Michigan median wages: From nineteen percent above to nine percent below
Michigan was one of the most prosperous places on the planet in 1979. Its per capita income three percent above the national average. No more!
842,000 Michigan children live in a working ALICE household
This post is a correction and update of a post originally published in April 2022. Important new report from United for ALICE entitled ALICE in
