Product Description: This accessible, engaging text examines the impact of the trends that have shaped Michigan’s economy, and offers innovative solutions to the current economic crisis. Charles Ballard’s illuminating book explores the structure of Michigan’s economy, including its roots in agriculture, the rise and fall of the automotive industry, and the long-term decline of manufacturing...read more

Product Description: In the 1950s and 1960s, Michigan was one of the world's economic powerhouses. Over the last several decades, however, manufacturing has claimed an ever-smaller share of the U.S. economy; and Michigan, with its heavy emphasis on manufacturing, has steadily lost ground...read more

Product Description: Michigan at the Millennium provides objective background and analysis on a wide variety of key economic and fiscal issues. The chapters are written by economists and policy analysts at leading universities and other institutions in Michigan...read more