Placemaking agenda: municipal finance
For more than a decade we have argued that the strategy for producing better economic outcomes that Michigan has adopted is not smart. Basically lower
Detroit schooling chaos
Good article in the Atlantic on Detroit schools entitled Detroit’s Education Catastrophe. Worth reading! The article describes the consequences of an unregulated education marketplace with
Low taxes and low prosperity
More evidence that cutting taxes does not lead to higher prosperity for Michiganders. One can make a strong argument that for at least two decades
Two quotes on student loans
An article entitled “More evidence the sky is not falling due to student loan debt” reviews recent research on the question of whether student loans
Education pays 2015
The Bureau of Labor Statistics each year publishes a chart that details the unemployment rate and median weekly earnings by education attainment for those 25
A college degree trumps student loans
Fascinating survey results from Navient and Ipsos entitled Money Under 35. Worth checking out. The findings destroys the conventional wisdom about college graduates being crushed
