

Ford and Detroit alarm bells
Recent bond reports from Moody’s on Ford and the city of Detroit should be setting off alarm bells. Both reports paint a picture of the


GM needs rock climbing engineers
A recent Detroit Free Press article entitled GM’s job cuts shift to a new kind of worker needed is worth checking out. It is a pretty


Community colleges need to be redesigned
At least rhetorically––not so much when it comes to funding––there is a lot of support on a bi-partisan basis for community colleges. They are seen


Baseball statistics and standardized tests
After reading the title of this post, I’m sure many of you are asking “What does baseball statistics have to do with standardized tests?” The


Michigan is a low-prosperity state in a strong economy
2017 per capita income data for states has been published. What the data make clear for Michigan is that we are now structurally a low-prosperity


The bachelors degree premium detailed
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ report The Financial Returns from College across Generations: Large but Unequal details the bachelors degree premium irrespective of