Detroit: Reforms and Recommendations

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Welcome to the Mackinac Center's Detroit page, where you'll find Detroit-specific research and writings based on our continuing effort to improve the lives of all Michigan residents. The Mackinac Center has studied the policies and problems that have plagued Detroit for decades, and we continue to make recommendations as to how to improve city policies to benefit its residents. With Detroit now in bankruptcy, the Center's ideas are more pertinent than ever for protecting pensioners and creditors while improving city services.

A Bailout by Any Other Name

Detroit scheme harms education, road funding

Published on Jan. 23, 2014

LaFaive Cited on Detroit Bailout

Plan is unfair to state taxpayers

Published on Jan. 23, 2014

Money for Nothing

Detroit bailout comes at expense of statewide taxpayers

Published on Jan. 22, 2014

Don't Bail Out Detroit with State Tax Dollars

Published on Jan. 15, 2014

LaFaive Cited in Detroit News Editorial

Detroit must be more business friendly

Published on Dec. 20, 2013

Detroit Needs More 'From the Heart' Transactions, Less Government

Published on Jan. 10, 2014

Why Detroit Pensions are Underfunded

Published on Jan. 9, 2014

Pension 'Assumptions' are the Problem in Detroit, Statewide

Published on Aug. 12, 2013

Detroit Free Press, "Mackinac Center for Public Policy: Pension" ‘assumptions’ are the trouble in Detroit, statewide

Published on Aug. 10, 2013

Detroit Consent Agreement: Another Kick of the Can?

Published on May 7, 2012 - Viewpoint on Public Issues

Detroit: The Triumph of Progressive Public Policy

Published on July 6, 2009

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