The Federal Reserve recently published their Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2017. It reports on the results of a survey of American’s assessments
The Michigan Association of United Way’s ALICE report is the best calculation of the proportion of Michigan households that cannot afford basic necessities. That 40
Another list of economic well being that you don’t want to be on that Michigan is on. This one comes from Harvard University economists Benjamin
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just released their job projections for 2016-2026. The Atlantic did a good overview article of the data entitled Why
The poverty rate is often used to measure economic well-being. When the poverty rate drops (which hasn’t happened in some time), we assume more people
This blog––and the work of Michigan Future––has been about the economy primarily and to a lesser degree the policies needed to improve the standard of
We ended our previous post on whether Michigan is back with the conclusion that the fundamental challenge Michigan is facing is too few good paying
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