Low unemployment doesn’t mean a prosperous Michigan
The most important recommendation in our new state policy agenda is that we change the mission of state economic policy to a rising household
Incentivizing Detroit homeownership for teachers could boost student, community outcomes
Recently, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced a new program that offers homes in the city’s 30,000-property land bank to employees of Detroit schools – both
Student loans and home ownership
The story that taking out student loans is a path to pauperdom rather than prosperity dominates the public conversation. One problem: its wrong. As we
Find the Michigan Future blogs that interest you most
If you read our blog you know that we frequently write about topics from our latest report “A Path to Good-paying Careers for all Michiganders:
Could Michigan See a New Historic Preservation Tax Credit? (Please?)
Our recent report, “A Path to Good-paying Careers for all Michiganders: A 21st Century state policy agenda,” lays out the importance of placemaking to a
Why Pittsburgh is booming
We have written frequently (most recently here and here) about Pittsburgh as Exhibit A for how so-called Rust Belt regions can return to prosperity. The
