Uncertainty remains the dominant narrative in the American economy. While advances in technology had previously made more globalized operations possible, the COVID pandemic, unfortunately, revealed how unstable “lean” and “just in time” processes might be. Biden and Congress aim to incentivize and sustain reshoring, leaving American companies to decide if…
COVID and SALT: Why state and local incentives have never been more important for Midwest economic development
2021 was an historic year for government spending and, therefore, the American tax system. While Elon Musk generated a record-breaking $11 Billion personal tax bill, the IRS introduced and then repealed the child…
A giant cargo ship doesn’t crash into the side of the Suez Canal because one big thing goes wrong, but rather because lots of little things go wrong all at once. You might be able to say a similar thing about the global supply chain as a whole.
The $3.5 trillion infrastructure and spending bill pending in Congress is touted as “the biggest economic transformation since the Industrial Revolution.” Perhaps no one is watching more keenly than legacy companies in the Heartland. Anticipating both unprecedented technological advancement and unprecedented federal investment in industrial regions, Midwest manufacturers, builders, and…
I was born at the Ohio State Medical Center and spent the first 18 years of my life within 15 miles of that hospital. The Midwest is an incredible place to grow up, but it was generally accepted that you had to get out — to New York, LA, San…
