Minnesota or Indiana? II

So if so-called business friendly policies, as we explored in my last post, is not the path to more and better jobs, what is? Lets explore how the Minnesota and Indiana economies have been changing over the past two decades…

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Lou’s New Presentation

The below presentation includes updated data on the most and least prosperous states and identifies the characteristics of the states with the most successful economies. Together they make the case for a new Michigan. The presentation concludes with our new…

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How Michiganians earn their income

We continue our look at the components of income data from our new annual report with how Michiganians earn their income. Per capita income for the state in 2009 was $34,315. By major components it was: Private sector employment earnings  …

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How Americans earn their income

To me the most interesting part of our new annual report is the deconstruction of personal income. Looking at the components that make up per capita income. In previous reports we have focused almost exclusively on jobs and income that comes…

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