Getting Michigan’s comparison states right
As we explored previously the states most frequently mentioned as comparison states for Michigan––Ohio and Indiana––are not states Michigan wants to be like when it
July 27, 2026
As we explored previously the states most frequently mentioned as comparison states for Michigan––Ohio and Indiana––are not states Michigan wants to be like when it
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
Across the ideological spectrum there is a virtual consensus that Ohio is Michigan’s main economic competitor. The state Michigan should want to look like. And
This year the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference will begin with a session that proclaims that Michigan’s “House Is On Fire,” detailing the facts,
Twenty years after the first edition of Michigan Future, Inc. and the University of Michigan’s report titled A New Path to Prosperity? Manufacturing and Knowledge-Based
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
In today’s economy, the reality is talent attracts capital and quality of place attracts talent. Where young talent goes, high-growth, high-wage, knowledge-based enterprises follow, expand,
Minnesota is a high tax state. Has been for decades. Minnesota is the Great Lakes States best in economic well being and demographic outcomes. Has
The first post I wrote for this blog was 13 years ago. It was entitled the Need For a New Michigan and made the case
As Rick Haglund chronicled for Crain’s Detroit Business, since General Motors in 1992 chose Arlington Texas over Willow Run for a motor vehicle assembly plant,
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