Role of Government

Downtown businesses get some help for the long winter.

For many Michigan families, mental illness and developmental disabilities are a fact of life. Their daily activities include providing high levels of personal care for a loved one and, very often, they find they can't do it all on their own.That is where our state's direct care workers come in…

Legislation pending in Michigan that would limit direct vehicle sales in the state has narrowed to remove an exemption for Tesla, a change that major automakers say softened their earlier opposition to the bill. Its chances of passing, however, are not certain in the waning days of Michigan's…

‎Show Think Like An Economist, Ep When Governments Intervene - Taxes, Price & Quantity Regulations - Oct 5, 2020

Global demand for beef, chicken, and pork continues to rise. So do concerns about environmental and other costs. Will reconciling these two forces be possible — or, even better, Impossible™?

Taxes and subsidies 1.Suppose that you refill your cat’s prescription every month, buying exactly 30 pills, no more and no less, regardless of the price. If the government eliminates all taxes on pet medications, who will benefit more? ​a) Pet owners will receive the entire tax savings.***...

Taxpayers spend $7 billion a year to subsidize crop insurance. Economists don't like it. Neither do some farmers.

President Donald Trump on Thursday issued executive orders that would ban the social media app TikTok and WeChat from operating in the US in 45 days if they are not sold by their Chinese-owned parent companies.

High density, traffic, and drainage were cited as concerns with both plans.

If Uber and Lyft drivers become employees the apps will totally change.

Three propositions on California’s November ballot would violate our constitutional right to private property; a fourth would violate the individual’s right to nondiscrimination. The constitutional right to private property is protected in at least eight places in the U.S. Constitution. I cite here three: the right to privacy in our possessions (Fourth Amendment); the right to private

A group that's been pushing for a grassroots redevelopment of the old Michigan state fairgrounds site in Detroit isn't jumping for joy at a proposed plan to put the land back to use. The State Fairgrounds Development Coalition says it has "serious concerns" about community involvement in the…

A Michigan House committee passed a bill Thursday that would prevent electric vehicle manufacturers beyond Tesla from selling directly to consumers in the state, setting up a battle between franchised dealerships and EV startups over the direct-sales model. Michigan's House Bill 6233, which…

As FCA US LLC extends offers to more than a thousand Detroiters, employment agency Detroit at Work's job pipeline model is getting put to the test.The automaker committed to consider Detroit residents first for many of the nearly 5,000 jobs it plans to add at two east-side plants as part of its…