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  1. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation: A Review and Analysis
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Aug. 31, 2009. Type: Study.
     
  2. The Effect of Right-to-Work Laws on Economic Development
    Summary: The right to decide for yourself whether or not to support a union in your workplace: union officials dismiss it as "the right to starve", but for the last thirty years Right-to-Work states have been outperforming compuslory unionism states such as Michigan. This report demonstrates how individual freedom and higher productivity give workers in Right-to-Work states the edge in job opportunities, employment, and purchasing power.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Jun. 5, 2002. Type: Study.
     
  3. Regional Economic Development: Downriver as a Case Study
    Summary: The seventeen communities of the Downriver Detroit area have traditionally been economically vibrant. Their decline in recent years is due in great measure to excessive tax burdens and the politicization of community services. The authors explain how this area can revive by rolling back property taxes, privatizing a number of municipal functions, avoiding government-directed economic development schemes, and making certain improvements to the transportation infrastructure. The many lessons from the Downriver experience are applicable to communities all across Michigan. 32 pages.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Jun. 1, 1989. Type: Study.
     
  4. Free-for-All
    Summary: An estimated 35,000 city residents rushed the doors of Cobo Hall in a desperate attempt to grab 5,000 federal assistance applications made available to Detroit as part of the "Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program," a federal stimulus fund designed to help residents pay rent and utility bills.

    The resulting chaos is symbolic not only of Detroit's plight but also of the wild lunge for free money that has been the hallmark of the $18 billion in stimulus money thrown at Michigan since last spring.
    Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Oct. 8, 2009. Type: General Article.
     
  5. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation: A Review and Analysis
    Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Sep. 1, 2009. Type: General Article.
     
  6. The Scene and the Unseen: Act IV
    The Michigan Film Incentive: EMS and Child Day Care vs. Movies, by Kathy Hoekstra
    Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Apr. 14, 2009. Type: General Article.
     
  7. The Scene and the Unseen: Act III
    Summary: The Michigan Film Office's much-anticipated annual report about the Michigan Film Incentive program appears to significantly misrepresent a key figure, omits important information on Michigan job numbers, and fails to provide much of the detail the law requires, raising questions about the Film Office’s compliance with the law and its administration of the incentive program.
    Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Mar. 19, 2009. Type: General Article.
     
  8. News Release: Film Office Report Violates Michigan Law and the Spirit of Sunshine Week
    Office’s annual report fails to provide legally required film spending details and presents figures that appear to significantly overstate Michigan Film Incentive’s impact
    Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Mar. 19, 2009. Type: News Release.
     
  9. State of Crisis
    Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Feb. 3, 2009. Type: General Article.
     
  10. The Scene and the Unseen: Act II
    Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Feb. 2, 2009. Type: General Article.
     
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