
The economy is producing way too many low-wage jobs
Readers of this blog know that at Michigan Future we believe the mission of economic policy should be income based, not employment or economic growth

Outsmarting the robots recommended media
We provided participants in our education redesign conference, Outsmarting the Robots with a list of recommended reading, podcast and video. We wanted to share those

The big picture: Michigan’s core economic challenges
Let’s start the new year with the big picture. An overview of the structural economic challenges Michigan faces if we are to have an economy

Finland: capitalism and shared prosperity
In a must-read New York Times article entitled Finland is a Capitalist Paradise, Anu Partanen and Trevor Corson describe a path for America to become

Michigan falling behind on wages and benefits
When its comes to wages and benefits Michigan used to be among the top states. No more. The state has fallen from 8th in 1990

Report from “Outsmarting the Robots”: Part 2
Last week I wrote about “Outsmarting the Robots: Redesigning education from the classroom to the halls of Lansing,” an event we co-hosted in October with