It’s the Neighborhood
Lots of comments on the Andy Basile email I wrote about in my last post. Most quite positive. A few pushed back. Let me lay out my thoughts on why I thought the email was so important and then give my
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Michigan’s Transition to a Knowledge-based Economy: Third Annual Progress Report
This is Michigan Future’s third annual report on Michigan’s transition to a knowledge-based economy. How well Michigan does in this transition will, in large part, determine whether we get more prosperous or poorer. As we detailed in our 2006 A New Agenda for a New Michigan report, Michigan’s decline is caused, in large part, because Michigan
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Lou’s New Presentation
The following presentation is an overview of the 3rd Annual Progress update on Michigan’s transition to a knowledge-based economy. The presentations
Young Talent in the Great Lakes: How Michigan Is Faring?
This report is part of the Michigan Future, Inc. New Agenda for a New Michigan project. Its focus is on identifying a path to better position Michigan
A New Agenda For A New Michigan
This is a foundation report that sets the stage for our initiatives to help create a prosperous Michigan. The reality in Michigan is startling –
Connecting Urban Poor To Work
Published in 1998 while the Michigan economy was booming, this report addressed the paradoxical issue of connecting the urban poor to work. As we found,
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No Talent, Jobs Go Elsewhere
About a month ago I received an e mail with the title “Why our growing firm may have to leave Michigan” (you can and should read it
Cost of Living?
One of the questions I get most often during my presentations is “what about the cost
Constantly Changing Economy
At the core of Michigan Future’s work is the belief that globalization and technology are mega forces that are fundamentally changing the economy. That change is now a permanent feature of life.
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