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Opinion | Why Michigan’s economic ‘good times’ aren’t that good, in 11 slides

by Lou Glazer, Bridge Michigan
April 9, 2019

					<h1>Opinion | Why Michigan’s economic ‘good times’ aren’t that good, in 11 slides</h1>
<p class="byline">by Lou Glazer, Bridge Michigan <br />April 9, 2019</p>
					
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