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Harry C. Veryser Jr.

University of Detroit-Mercy

… economics at the University of Detroit-Mercy and was previously the … Studies from the University of Detroit.  Veryser has served as Chairman … articles have appeared in The Detroit News and The Intercollegiate …

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LaFaive in Free Press

No bailout for Detroit

Fiscal Policy Director Michael LaFaive outlined in Sunday’s Detroit Free Press by the state should not give Detroit a bailout, and why if legislators force that move on taxpayers statewide …

Why Detroit's Pension Funds Failed

Center experts in Detroit Free Press

A recent Op-Ed in the Detroit Free Press by James Hohman, assistant director of fiscal policy, and Jack McHugh, senior legislative analyst, explains why Detroit’s pension funds are in crisis and why state legislators should take heed …

Detroit Policy From a Free-Market Perspective

Ideas for the city in advance of the Detroit Policy Conference

I’ll be at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Detroit Policy Conference today. … the panel “Strengthening Detroit: Partners in Economic Development.” With Detroit City Council President Brenda … vice presidents from the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation …

LaFaive Cited in Detroit News Editorial

Detroit must be more business friendly

… LaFaive is cited in today’s Detroit News editorial about the need for the city of Detroit to make it easier to open … suspect. LaFaive also said Detroit should abolish its personal … with one,” he said. The Detroit News also referenced the story … a private home and said Detroit’s zoning restrictions on home-based …

Statewide Taxpayers on the Hook for Detroit?

LaFaive cited in Detroit News on bailout scheme

… taxpayers is being targeted as part of Gov. Snyder’s plan to bail out Detroit, according to The Detroit News. “I wonder how many more cities will have their hand out if the state …

Spalding Quoted in The Detroit News

Article highlights school choice in Detroit

The Detroit News quotes Audrey Spalding, director of education policy, on school choice in Detroit. According to the article, 25,000 Detroit students have chosen to use … school,” Spalding said. The Detroit Public Schools district seems to agree. A Detroit Public Schools spokesman said …

Detroit’s Taxes, Regulations Keeping It Down

Skorup pens op-ed in The Detroit News

Detroit’s comeback has been promised for decades, but recovery … topic in an op-ed for The Detroit News, in which he highlighted … the thing that would bring Detroit back. Be it the 1977 opening … the 2013 arena deal for the Detroit Red Wings, none of the developments … hype. Skorup explains that Detroit’s heavy regulatory climate …

How an Ice-Making Company is Succeeding in Detroit

Working in Detroit: The business of service

… video is part of a series on Detroit entrepreneurs. See the rest at www.mackinac.org/Detroit. To succeed in business, … independent ice company in Detroit, serving 3,000 customers. … One of Abbo’s customers is Detroit’s Imperial Supermarket. “If … managed to grow despite Detroit’s economic and demographic …

Young Entrepreneurs Set Up Shop In Detroit

Local media covers Detroit Children's Business Fair

… weekend at the inaugural Detroit Children’s Business Fair. … place Saturday in downtown Detroit. Approximately 30 children … Rod Meloni, of Local 4 WDIV Detroit. His company, J.E.M. Coffee, … Chantal Lovell told WDET in Detroit that the Center chose to co-host Detroit's first Acton Children’s Business …

Why the UAW Didn't Need to Hike Dues

Detroit News op-ed

Nathan Lehman, who worked as a labor policy intern at the Center this summer, and F. Vincent Vernuccio, labor policy director, write in a Detroit News op-ed today that a recent UAW dues hike was unnecessary and members could exercise their freedoms under right-to-work because of the union’s political …