Tag: state economic policy

San Francisco winning

Conventional wisdom is the places with the lowest costs (so-called business friendly) have the best economies. Think again! If that were true New York City–particularly

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Still addicted to tax cuts

In a previous post I explored the nearly two decade bipartisan addiction Michigan policy makers have to cutting taxes. The latest evidence of the continuation

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Minnesota and Michigan

Not good news for Michigan. The unemployment rate is going up again. Up to 9.0% in August from a post recession low of 8.4% in

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Minnesota or Indiana?

I want to update a column I wrote for Dome in November 2011. Entitled “Model state for Michigan’s future?” I wrote then: The Mackinac Center

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Big picture themes

As we start the new year I thought it would be helpful to take a step back from the specifics I normally write about to

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Ohio

Interesting New York Times Sunday Magazine article on the Ohio economy and politics. The article is primarily about the intersection between the state’s economy and

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