Mackinac on the Grand (our West Michigan Regional Policy Conference) opened with the official sermon from one Dr. Robert Genetski. As reported in The Press, he presented the old time religion: the problem Michigan is facing is due to no other reason than economic perfidy of Lansing, a failure to follow through on conservative [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Globalization’
True Religion
Posted in Economy, Michigan, tagged Birgit Klohs, Globalization, Herman Miller, Republican Party, Right Place, Right to work, West Michigan Regional Policy Conference on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A course for the future?
Posted in Michigan, tagged Chamber of Commerce, Dan Scripps, Globalization, John Austin, MI-101, West Michigan Regional Policy Conference on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday starts the two-day event, Mackinac on the Grand, aka The West Michigan Regional Policy Conference, sponsored by the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce. Nominally the conference is to advance the cause of West Michigan in the halls of Lansing, to articulate an agenda, to schmooze and of course, to lobby. [...]
A Path Ahead
Posted in Michigan, tagged Calvin College, Economy, Globalization on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the under-appreciated impacts of globalization is the emotional cost that hammers our communities. As Richard Longworth’s Caught in the Middle explains, our region has been ripped apart by the forces of globalization. The tight weave of industry and agriculture is now left rather tattered. With the loss of jobs comes [...]
