Pro bono IP work a growing service
Dustin Walsh - The legal community has a longstanding relationship with low-income Michigan residents, whether on housing, consumer issues, education or otherwise. But pro bono intellectual property...
View ArticleAutonomous cars could drive Detroit job growth
Dustin Walsh - Detroit put the world on wheels, and now the region is the epicenter of the next generation of mobility. But Detroit is not mobile. More than a quarter of Detroit households don't own...
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Trump paints dire picture on jobs, Michigan economy that doesn't match reality
Dustin Walsh - In Donald Trump's America, we're on the brink. Jobs are eroding. The North American Free Trade Agreement, China, Washington, D.C., the Clintons are to blame. The Republican candidate...
View ArticleNewer guidelines coming to help firms mitigate risk
Dustin Walsh - Early next year, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission will update its guidelines for enterprise risk management. That's a long phrase for important work...
View ArticleEconomic development experience shows that whack-a-mole a no-win game
Dustin Walsh - President-elect Donald Trump and his surrogates spent most of last week touting the saving of a thousand jobs in Indiana. As we now know, Carrier Corp. agreed to maintain those...
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Assembly jobs are no salvation, but manufacturing might be
Dustin Walsh - Manufacturing plants will not save our country's economy. Manufacturing still might. As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States,...
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Reworking NAFTA to be balancing act
Dustin Walsh - The U.S., Mexico and Canada are preparing to begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement — a move likely to create odd alliances as governments, manufacturers, farmers...
View ArticleHow do we solve the high cost of day care?
Dustin Walsh - The prohibitive costs of child care are staggering — as I covered here. I know this not just from my reporting, but from experience. I'm a father. My twin 19-month old boys attend a...
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More than cell phones at stake in trade war with China
Dustin Walsh - If the U.S. is at war with China on trade, we should know the stakes. U.S. politicians, and some businesses, are imbued with anger by China's rise to economic power in recent decades —...
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Temple Grandin on how businesses can help autism community
Dustin Walsh - Autism is pervasive and a very wide spectrum. The world's top medical minds are only beginning to understand its scope, but the disorder's impacts are becoming more clear. In the U.S.,...
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Trump's reversal puts Export-Import Bank back in the news
Dustin Walsh - The contentious Export-Import Bank of the U.S. is once again in the news. This time it's for President Donald Trump's stark reversal on the bank's future. In early budget drafts, Trump...
View ArticleAmid tough talk on immigration, fewer companies apply for H-1B visas
Dustin Walsh - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday raising the bar for companies to hire foreign skilled workers. But if applications for H-1B worker visas are any indication, his...
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