The measures of Michigan economic success
For decades we have asserted that a low unemployment rate with a high ALICE rate is not a good economy. That economic success should be
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For decades we have asserted that a low unemployment rate with a high ALICE rate is not a good economy. That economic success should be
This post was written by our former colleague Sarah Szurpicki in February 2017. Years before ChatGPT. We are republishing it now because it is at
In our last post we detailed metro Detroit’s most populous counties’ decline. In this post we widen our lens to look at all of the
In our last post we detailed Oakland County’s decline, falling in per capita income from 21st among the nation’s counties in 1999 to 122 in
For decades Oakland County has been labelled one of America’s richest counties, No more! Mirroring Michigan’s precipitous economic decline since 1999, Oakland County has fallen in per capita
For nearly two decades we have recommended that Michigan make Minnesota the model for its economic policy. We chose Minnesota because year after year after
A decade ago in a column for Dome we made the case that Indiana’s low tax economic strategy was a failure and would continue to
We have explored frequently that those with a four-year degree or more over a forty-year career work more and earn more than those with less
The part of this interview with Dave Gamlin, Executive Vice President of the Midnight Golf Program, that has stuck with me the most since we
The Federal Reserve in its Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2019 measures well-being by education attainment. What they found is those
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