Browsing: Economic Development

The revolution came to Madison in February, but not the one you think. Sure, Gov. Scott Walker’s efforts to roll…

By now, the political lore is familiar: A major political party, cast aside by Wisconsin voters due to a lengthy…

Peter Barca, a usually levelheaded Democrat, articulated what has been wrong with state government.

The economy dominates every political and policy conversation these days. Some people know what they’re talking about, most do not.…

The stereotype of the typical union member is time-tested. Union Man is a pot-bellied factory worker or tradesman making a…

Our state motto is “Forward,” but Wisconsin is falling behind in the economic race to create jobs and raise family…

As the US implements the transformation of General Motors into “Government Motors,” and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) raise government investment and entanglement in the private sector to historic new levels, the question on everyone’s mind is “will it work?”   Oddly enough, clues to the answer of that question may come from an unexpected place:  Iraq.

Begin with disturbing parallels to a classic political screed castigating the anti-business politics of Kansas in 1896. By Charles J. Sykes…

As Wisconsin’s population ages, we will need immigrants in our future workforce to keep our economy vibrant.

Why you’ll pay more at the pump

Wisconsin should be careful when it comes to limiting new technology

The impact of state taxes

Encouraging Growth Companies in Wisconsin

Twenty comprehensive answers to twenty basic questions

Education and training under Wisconsin Works

Wisconsin’s regional economies, 1999-2003

Why building a “new” Milwaukee economy matters to Wisconsin

When then Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson introduced the Wisconsin Works (W-2) proposal in November of 1994, he cited this principle…

Early in the postwar era, Wisconsin was not among the nation’s highest-taxed states, as measured by state and local taxes.1 Relative to personal income, Wisconsin’s tax burden flirted with the “top ten” during those years, but did not reach it. That changed in 1963 when the full effect of sales and income tax increases enacted

The 1990s were growth years for the United States and for Wisconsin. The Wisconsin economy added 461,748 jobs, growing by a remarkable 21 percent over the 1991-1999 period, far surpassing the U.S. growth rate of 13 percent. Unfortunately for some, growth was not uniform across all areas of the state. Employment in Brown County (Green