“Workers Strike” is becoming an increasingly common headline as the casino workers in Detroit join the UAW, health care workers and more across our state. How can this be when unemployment is again near record lows, workforce participation is up,…
Michigan's per capita income in 2022 was 13 percent below the national average, the lowest compared to the nation ever. The state ranked 39th. (For those who prefer median household income as a measure of economic well being, Michigan ranks…
2017 per capita income data for states has been published. What the data make clear for Michigan is that we are now structurally a low-prosperity state. No matter whether the state's and the nation's economy is growing or declining Michigan's…
Don Grimes and I are wrapping work on our annual progress report on Michigan's transition to a knowledge-based economy. Look for it in mid September. It is later this year largely because we have have added a major new section…