

The need to invest in Michigan’s universities
As is often discussed on this blog, there is perhaps nothing more important to the health of Michigan’s economy than increasing the proportion of Michiganders


Michigan should invest in extra-curricular activities
My eight-year-old son recently finished the last of his summer day camps at the Robot Garage in Grosse Pointe Park. The camp combined three of Jackson’s


Michigan Future introduces new bloggers
The entire Michigan Future staff is going to start sharing this blog with me. The plan is to have a new blog Tuesday through Friday.
Taxes and economic growth
Two recent New Times columns make the case that lower taxes are not the magic elixir that automatically leads to economic success. Both worth reading.
Talent and prosperity
A central conclusion of Michigan Future’s research over the decades is that the most prosperous places are those with the highest proportion of adults with
Education for the second machine age
I’m rereading The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee. As I discussed previously, if I only could read only one book on