EV Charging Infrastructure: From Demand To Reality
One of our readers asked us to write a piece about how electric vehicle chargers even get installed at scale.
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ACEEE Scorecard: Michigan is Behind The Times? Again!?
ACEEE scored 30 states based on a variety of metrics around electric vehicle adoption and electrification. Michigan is again behind the times.
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Book Review – Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car
Can autonomous cars save us? Well, no, but they can provide some vital innovation to our society. Provided we play our cards right, that is. Anthony Townsend’s book gives us the lowdown.
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Save The Office: Costs And Spatial Well-Being in the Work-From-Home Economy
Working from home has its benefits, but not everyone wants to work from home. What degree of input should employers be soliciting from staff before deciding to permanently make the monumental work-from-home leap? What should we be thinking about as the economy retools to support work-from-home economy?
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Let The Sun Shine In, Alberta: Beyond Oil in a Biden Administration
The election of Joe Biden, whose opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline has riled Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, provides us with some opportunities to think about the future of the province’s economy, which has long been dependent upon oil extraction.
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What If We Can’t Wait? Public-Private Partnership Solutions for Infrastructure
The RTA is planning on returning in 2022– again- to revisit a ballot measure to fund regional infrastructure investment in Southeast Michigan. Can we wait for 2022? Should we explore alternatives in the meantime?
Read More“Pity The Downtrodden Hedge Fund Manager,” And Other Tales
Twitter had some feelings when hedge fund managers complained that Redditors had manipulated the price of stocks they shorted.
Read MoreShort Circuits: What’s Going On With GameStop Stock
GameStop stock blew up. Should you care? No, not really. But you shouldn’t buy it.
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Detroit City Council Votes To Sue Black Lives Matter Protesters
The 5-4 vote marks a growing strain between the Duggan Administration and advocates for social and economic justice in a majority black city.
Read MoreRight of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America
Angie Schmitt’s Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America (2020) is a must-read
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