It’s not what we lost. It’s what we failed to gain.
Michigan didn’t become a low-wage state by losing manufacturing. We became a low-wage state by failing to build what came next.
Mobilis Works
Jonathan Smith is the founder and principal of Mobilis Works LLC, a strategy and implementation practice focused on policy innovation, economic competitiveness, and civic capacity.
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