Michael D. LaFaive
			Business & Economics				
			
		Staggering Statistics Scream for Dramatic Policy Changes
			New unemployment statistics are the latest in a seemingly endless series of reminders of Michigan’s economic woes and policy miscalculations. The state’s unemployment rate leapt to 15.2 percent in June, the 40th consecutive month Michigan has had the highest unemployment rate in the nation. To put things in even greater ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Michael D. LaFaive		
				
																						
			July 20, 2009		
				
					Staggering Statistics Scream for Dramatic Policy Changes
			New unemployment statistics are the latest in a seemingly endless series of reminders of Michigan’s economic woes and policy miscalculations. The state’s unemployment rate leapt to 15.2 percent in June, the 40th consecutive month Michigan has had the highest unemployment rate in the nation. To put things in even greater ...