Factory jobs are not the path to Michigan prosperity
In 2004 Don Grimes and I wrote A New Path to Prosperity?. The report detailed that prosperous states were no longer manufacturing-based states, but were
October 18, 2022
In 2004 Don Grimes and I wrote A New Path to Prosperity?. The report detailed that prosperous states were no longer manufacturing-based states, but were
In our last post we reviewed the Centre for Cities report on what predicts economic success at the regional level in the United Kingdom. The report’s
Despite all the headlines and headline statistics that say that the Michigan economy is “back” the reality is that many Michiganders are worse off today
The evidence continues to pour in that those with a four-year degree or more have the highest incomes and wages. Not that a four-year degree
Important set of articles from Bridge on projected job growth in Michigan over the next decade. Definitely worth reading! (The lead article can be found
Michigan was the birthplace of the 20th Century American mass middle class. Largely built on a foundation of high paid blue collar –– mainly unionized
We close our presentations with “either Michigan gets younger and better educated or we will get poorer”. Both matter and for both the trends are
Don Grimes and I are just putting the finishing touches on our annual report on the Michigan economy. It will be out in mid September. The
Micheline Maynard wrote an insightful article for Atlantic Cities entitled The Midwest’s Big Economic Miscalculation. She writes particularly about Michigan’s continuing belief that the auto industry
In each of our annual progress reports Don Grimes and I have predicted that Michigan’s per capita income would fall to the mid thirties because
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