The right top ten updated
As we explored in our last post being in the top ten in business cost rankings has little or nothing to do with Michigan families ability to pay the bills or save for their kids college or their retirement. (As…
The wrong top ten updated
Nearly a year ago I did what turned out to be one of my most popular posts which looked at how states ranked highly by the Tax Foundation did in terms of economic performance. Its time for an update. Then,…
The wrong top ten
As we have written frequently being highly ranked in business climate rankings seems increasingly to be the goal/measuring stick of economic policy makers and too many pundits. Rather than having a good economy. Problem is Michiganders can’t pay their bills…
The irrelevance of tax rankings again
In a March 2011 I wrote a post about how the Tax Foundation's rankings compare to state economic well being. I did something similar in a column for Dome in 2009. Both presented data that doing well in business climate…