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PAPERS PUBLISHED BY THE CENTER
Thinking and Doing by James Tobin (July 2008)
A Common Ground Agenda for Michigan's Transformation (May 2008)
A New Michigan Scorecard (February 2008)
The Michigan Tax Malaise (November 2007)
Michigan Hunting and Fishing Licenses Bargains too Good to be True (October 2007)
Swift Gazelles and Lumbering Lions (March 2007)
A New Model Michigan (January 2007)
Growing Communities (June 2006)
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