Commentary

Politicians Get Too Much Blame — and Credit — for Economic Trends

Partisan interpretations of economic data harms policy development Read more

Dangers of the Regulatory State: Overly Precise Rules

Meticulous administrative rules can make criminals of the well-intended Read more

Licensure Mandates Cost Michigan Jobs And Millions In State Revenue

Job restrictions also have disparate impact on youth and minorities Read more

What the Mackinac Center is Thankful for in 2019

Freedom, fairness and fiscal responsibility Read more

Targeted Tax Preferences are Unfair

Entrepreneurs drive employment and prosperity Read more

What You Really Need to Know about Michigan Charter Schools

MLive errs in comparison of academic performance Read more

The Bipartisan State Budget

Budgets generate a lot of conflict, but not a lot of partisan spending Read more

Michigan’s Corporate Subsidy Board Faces Tough Questioning

There’s a better way to help small business Read more

The Student Debt Problem is Widely Misunderstood – Here Are Some Solutions

Student loan debt is around $1.5 trillion Read more

Clock is Running out for Michigan Legislators to Help Cancer Patients

Lawmakers should look out for patients instead of big hospitals Read more

Kmart Property is MEGA Reminder Not to Extend Subsidy Program

Good Jobs for Michigan is modeled after the failed MEGA Read more

Public Servants Should Deliver More Than a List of Adjectives

Cheerleading a program without providing evidence is not enough Read more

Lawmakers Should Let Good Jobs for Michigan Expire

Research shows state jobs programs are ineffective, expensive and unfair Read more

What Happens Now to Roads in Michigan

There are five potential paths lawmakers can take Read more

An Update on Criminal Justice Policies in Michigan

By most measures, the state has been improving Read more

Keep Pure Michigan Spending at $0

The program is ineffective and a waste of taxpayer dollars Read more

A Global Climate Strike Isn't Enough

Personal responsibility will do more for the climate than striking Read more

A Conservative Case for Expunging Criminal Records

New package of bills would make the expungement process easier Read more

Whitmer Targets Charter Students in Budget Veto

Governor’s selective funding hit unfair, incoherent Read more

A Case Study in Ineffectiveness for the MEDC

Lawmakers pass a budget cutting the agency Read more

No Need for Veto Work, but if the Governor Insists...

Gov. Whitmer can look at cutting corporate welfare programs Read more

The Corporate Welfare Lady Protests Too Much

Evidence shows subsidy efforts are ineffective Read more

Economic Growth Drives Budget Priorities

Largest gains were schools, roads and Medicaid Read more

School Aid Budget Proposals Not That Far Off

Legislature approves 99% of what Whitmer seeks without a tax hike Read more

Omnipotent Moral Busybodies Appear at Climate Town Hall

Policies proposed during the climate town hall were beyond extreme Read more