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 Austin, Edward Glaeser, and Lawrence Summers. They map the growth in the share of men who…
My last post looked at the top 10 states for private sector employment earnings (both wages and employer paid benefits) per capita. The component of per capita income that everyone wants and should be the goal of state and local…
Why spend so much time on Mississippi? Because Michigan needs to get on a new path. And one of the ways of identifying that path is to look at states that are doing well now and/or positioned to do well…
In a recent post the Mackinac Center argues that Mississippi should be a model for Michigan because it has a high per capita income growth rate. They specifically cite its performance over the most recent five years (2003-2008). Over that…
In my last post I asked the question "do higher growth rates predict that Mississippi will have higher per capita income than Minnesota?" I picked the two states because the Mackinac Center argues that, due to higher growth rates, Mississippi…
In a series of columns the Mackinac Center asserts that Mississippi is a state that Michigan should use as model. One criticized a recent post I wrote in which I restated the core Michigan Future belief that what made Michigan…
One of the key questions I think we should ask every 2010 candidate is "if your economic development strategy works, what state would Michigan look like?" We need to know what kind of future economy they envision for the state.…