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Articles by Keith A. Pretty
Opinion: Snyder governorship improved Michigan
The 48th governor of Michigan, Richard “Rick” Dale Snyder, is term-limited out and will complete his final year in office in January 2019. His time in office will to some degree be set in the rearview now, with the election of his successor just this week. The Michigan Chamber of Commerce Foundation and The Robert and Janice McNair Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship at Northwood University recently released the 2018 Michigan Economic Competitiveness Study.
Opinion: DeVos was a leader and philanthropist
On September 6, 2018 we lost one of the world’s truly great entrepreneurs, business On Sept. 6, we lost one of the world’s truly great entrepreneurs, business leaders and philanthropists. Richard M. “Rich” DeVos was born on March 4, 1926, in Grand Rapids. His values and determination were shaped at an early stage in life. DeVos was a product of the lessons taught by a loving family and the experience of living through the Great Depression.
Remembering the ‘Real McCoy’
As we end Black History Month, it’s worth remembering the amazing story of the “Real McCoy.” Elijah J. McCoy was born a free person in Colchester, Ontario, Canada on May 2, 1844. McCoy had a great love for trains, and railroads of different sorts were important to his life from before he was born until his death.
Easing regulations might boost auto industry
For a brief period after World War II, the United States produced roughly 74 percent of global GDP and more than 50 percent of the world’s passenger and commercial motor vehicles. The U.S. was the undisputed global leader in most areas of commerce with a generally market-based, pro-business environment and competitors in Europe and Asia whose factories and infrastructure were greatly damaged or destroyed by the fact that the bulk of major battles during WWII were fought in Europe and Asia.
Column: Michigan’s comeback accelerating
The 2017 Michigan Economic Competitiveness Study was recently released by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Northwood University. The sixth annual study confirms that Michigan is making great progress at the state level since the Great Recession ended in 2009.
Prediction: U.S., world economies will experience slow growth in 2016
In 2015, the U.S. and global economy grew at a slowing pace with signs for concern, optimism and apprehension throughout the year. America ended 2015 in a similar fashion to 2014, basically where it started, with confidence from automobile sales, disillusionment with GDP growth and indecision in Washington.The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 2011 at 12,218 and real U.S. gross domestic product ended the year at an annualized growth rate of 1.8 percent.
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