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The Great Lakes Economic Forum is being held this week in Detroit and Windsor. This is the third forum held by the Council of the Great Lakes Region,…
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The Next IdeaMost of us have a sense that the arts contribute to a community’s economic well-being. Measuring that feeling in real economic terms,…
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The federal government this week closed its annual application period for H-1B visas after applications exceeded the annual cap of 65,000.Some Michigan…
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The Next IdeaWhen people think of Michigan, a number of iconic images come to mind – a long assembly line, acres of cherry orchards, miles of gorgeous…
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The Next IdeaLiving in Michigan, we experience incivility on a daily basis, from simply driving down pot-hole filled roads to attending public meetings to…
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The Next IdeaEvery American family has a genesis story about how they came to be in this country: escaping a cruel despot, searching for elusive riches,…
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The Next IdeaYou may have never heard of Joseph Schumpeter, an eccentric Austrian economist who taught at Harvard in the 1930s and '40s. But to those of…
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Which areas of Michigan are bouncing back from the Great Recession?As our next guest has discovered, the economic "report card" for Michigan is, as they…
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Oakland County is launching a new initiative to help grow tech companies. It’s part of the county’s larger effort to diversify its automotive-dominated…
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There’s a new effort underway to make smaller Michigan cities more attractive to young professionals.After college, many up and coming young professionals…