Pocketbook Predictions for Presidential Elections

February 2nd, 2012 · 3 Comments

Why the economy is likely to defeat President Obama.

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Tags: Features

America’s Moral Laryngitis

January 12th, 2012 · 10 Comments

America’s economic weakness and dependence on China are silencing our moral outrage.

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Tags: Tom Watkins

Rolling in Dough…Kinda

December 15th, 2011 · 2 Comments

News of a possible $1 billion surplus feels great after a decade of dismal state finances.

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Tags: Weekly Update

Canada Viewed as First Step to Exporting

October 17th, 2011 · 2 Comments

MSU-led project helps small firms begin to export goods by selling to Canadian markets.

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Tags: Canada Michigan

Worrisome New World for Labor

October 6th, 2011 · 6 Comments

Mark Gaffney worries deeply about the plight of the unemployed and American workers.

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Tags: Jack Lessenberry

‘Go Out, Buy a Car, Drive to Sleeping Bear’

August 18th, 2011 · 3 Comments

Time for our leaders to call on business and the public to do their part to fix the economy.

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Tags: Weekly Update

Deconstructing the Debt Debacle

August 16th, 2011 · No Comments

The debt ceiling debacle sprang from many forces, some as old as our nation’s blueprint.

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Tags: Craig's Grist

From Bust to Robust

June 16th, 2011 · 5 Comments

Columns Craig Ruff From Bust to Robust June 17, 2011 Chastened over a decade of economic descent, I am not certain about Michigan’s economic future, but it surely looks promising. Some data and a lot of instincts tell me that our state is moving from bust to robust. For 100 years, manufacturing has driven the [...]

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Moveon.Michigan

June 16th, 2011 · No Comments

Michigan’s population loss reminds us that economic dreams and wanderlust are strong forces.

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Tags: Freedman

New Mood Over Mackinac

June 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

A different mood prevailed at the Mackinac conference this year because of Gov. Snyder.

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Tags: Weekly Update

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