A New Economic Development Strategy for Michigan: put people and place first to create good-paying jobs
The evidence is clear that it’s time to stop a failed economic development strategy that invests state resources in businesses, and reorient towards investments in
Whitmer’s rising household income for all agenda
Governor Whitmer’s new economic policy agenda states: The construction of this agenda has, as a guiding principle, the idea that a primary goal of state
Blue collar occupations don’t dominate good-paying jobs
Conventional wisdom has it that there are two dominant paths to good-paying jobs and careers: STEM occupations and the skilled trades. In our last post
STEM occupations don’t dominate good-paying jobs
Conventional wisdom has it that there are two dominant paths to good-paying jobs and careers: STEM occupations and the skilled trades. In this post I
Our op-ed in Bridge: it’s time for human capital-focused economic development
On Tuesday, Bridge published an essay I co-wrote with Ned Staebler, the vice president for economic development at Wayne State University and the president and
Placemaking and equity: the Atlanta BeltLine
The Atlanta BeltLine is explicitly deigned to both improve the quality of life of current city residents and to attract new residents to the city,
