The changing nature of Michigan poverty
As we have written frequently, Michigan is now structurally a low prosperity state after having been a high prosperity state during the 20th Century. You
Michigan jobs and pay by occupation
Seems like a lot of what I write about these days is trying to set the record straight on the value of a four year
Grand Rapids and Pittsburgh
Metro Grand Rapids’ economy was in the news twice recently. One very positive story, the other not so much. Both are accurate. The differences between
21st Century education outcomes
Michigan Future is working on its first ever state policy agenda. The agenda will be designed to identify state policies that can raise living standards
California and Kansas updated
The Washington Post in an article entitled The interesting thing that happened when Kansas cut taxes and California hiked them provides an update on the
Chicago and California
I’m sure some of you are asking “what do Chicago and California have in common?” The answer is conventional wisdom writing them off. As we
