Candidate question: How are you going to pay for it?
Terrific column by editorial page editor of The Detroit News Nolan Finley entitled Where’s the damn money?. Finley writes: Pithy slogans won’t fill a single pothole.
Not much of a job ladder for low-wage workers
Really interesting research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on low-wage workers moving up to better-paying jobs. (You can find the research here
Inclusiveness isn’t just a feel-good notion; it’s an economic imperative
In researching my recent report for Michigan Future about how metropolitan Minneapolis became one of the wealthiest and most livable regions of the country, one
The 99 percent in Michigan and Minnesota
Important new report from the Economic Policy Institute on the continuing pulling away of the top one percent from the bottom 99 percent. The big
Questions we all should be asking 2018 candidates
Over the last year, I’ve been traveling Michigan and speaking to groups about the need for a new economic agenda for our state, one that
Minnesotans doing better than Wisconsinites
Important report from the Economic Policy Institute comparing the economic progress Minnesota and Wisconsin have made since the 2010 election. EPI describes the economic paths
