As the 2010 North American International Auto Show gets ready to open in Detroit, Howes talks about the state of the automotive industry around the world, but particularly in North America. And he discusses what automakers hope show attendees will take away from their visit to this year’s show.
“The situation for automakers is certainly more optimistic than it was a year ago at this time,” Howes says. “They want consumers to know that they’re building world-class automobiles despite their recent troubles on the business side.”
Howes also talks about the overall Michigan economy and where he sees it going in 2010 and the challenges and opportunities facing the newspaper journalism industry. And he weighs in on the higher education funding issue.
“The less that Michigan finds its way clear to support higher education, the more other people are going to prey upon Michigan’s lack of direction in this regard,” Howes says.
Kramer talks about Crain’s and its mission covering business in the Detroit area. She also talks about the “state of flux” in the journalism world and about how solid journalism skills can benefit anyone in any career. She also state her optimisim about Detroit’s eventual rebirth.
He talks about journalism’s move away from paper toward the Web and about Freep.com’s mission.
And Ron gives his views on news of the day from the beginning of the Obama Administration and the end of the Bush Administration to Kwame Kilpatrick and the fate of Detroit’s Big Three automakers.
“The automotive industry will still be the cornerstone of the Michigan economy for at least the next two years,” Ron says. “But they have to become smarter and more nimble and really make some of the changes they’ve been talking about making for years.”
Dale talks about what the bioeconomy is and describes the role of OBT at MSU. And he tells us what he means by “grassoline.”
Dale gives his views on the food vs. fuel debate and the controversy surrounding net energy. He describes his latest research on indirect land use, too.
“Sustainability is very personal to me,” says Dale. “A society built on non-renewable resources is a society thats always on the brink of ending. We’ve been acting for 100 years like there’s no end to oil and that’s dumb.”
Dietz talks about his role in leading a climate change study charged with advising the next U.S. Congress on environmental policy. The study will assess short-term actions and long-term strategies for mitigating climate change and adapting to it, identifying necessary scientific and technical advances and flagging barriers hindering progress.
Dietz talks about what the evidence tells us today about climate change and how it might affect the earth in the future. And he describes the MSU model for climate research and what makes it unique.
Khanna discusses the ramifications of the biggest bailout in U.S. history and says “the crisis we are now facing is no longer due to the excesses in the housing market, but because of the excesses by our government in dealing with the problem.”
He describes what he means by the “helping hand vs. the moral hazard” and tells us what he means by “the invisible hand.”
The facility would bring in $1 billion in economic activity and 400 new jobs to Michigan, generating $187 million in new tax revenues over the next 20 years if it is located at MSU, according to an economic and fiscal impact analysis by Anderson Economic Group.
“The bioeconomy means unhooking the oil input into our economy and replacing it with stuff we can grow biologically,” says Peuppke. “That’s everything from wastes to switchgrass to forest resources.”
The conversation from the porch of Grand Hotel ranges from alternative energy to keeping more of Michigan’s college graduates in the state and from the Kwame Kilpatrick scandal to the Presidential race. And Ron assesses the ever-changing dynamics in the newspaper industry.
From the Mackinac Policy Conference at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Daniel shares his insights on the leadership quagmire in Lansing, the state of the American automotive industry, the role Michigan’s research universities can play in reshaping Michigan’s economy, and the changes taking place in the newspaper business.
From MSU Today on Impact Radio: Ron Dzwonkowski is the editorial page editor for the Detroit Free Press. From the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Ron talks about the topics at this year’s conference. He discusses the state budget crisis and the changing automotive industry. And he talks about the changing state of his own industry – newspapers and journalism.
President Simon talks about the new world-class art museum coming to MSU that focuses on modern and contemporary art thanks to a gift of $26 million from philanthropist and MSU alumnus Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe.
She also talks about the coming Big Ten Network and says that MSU is a busy place in the summer, too.
From MSU Today: Don Holecek directs the MSU Tourism Center and is the guru of travel and tourism issues in Michigan. He joins us with his forecast for the Michigan tourism industry in 2007. He also discusses the just-released strategic plan for Michigan’s tourism industry.
“Half a century ago, the world was knocking on Michigan’s door. But yesterday is gone, and it is not coming back,” Ballard says. “If the people of Michigan are to achieve a brighter economic future, we will need to develop new ways of thinking, and new ways of engaging with the rapidly changing global economy.”
Ballard offers intelligent and useful suggestions on everything from prisons to roads and from taxes to higher education. More than anything else, Ballard thinks the state needs to snap out of a counterproductive nostalgia for the past.
From MSU Today: The Michigan State University Board of Trustees has approved a new program that makes MSU a national leader in financial aid by offering grants and work study to eliminate loans for the neediest Michigan students enrolling this fall.
At its July 17 meeting, the board approved, as part of the university’s 2006-2007 budget, the Spartan Advantage, a program that will ensure grant aid and work study equal to the average tuition, fees, room and board, and books.
President Simon talks about the thinking about the balance between affordability and quality that went into the strategy behind MSU’s budget. She’s also looking forward to the Fall 2007 beginning of MSU’s Residential College in Arts and Humanities.
From MSU Today: Tom Linsmeier is outgoing chairperson and Russell E. Palmer Endowed Professor of Accounting in MSU’s Eli Broad College of Business. Linsmeier is leaving MSU for a prestigious spot on the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
As he prepares to leave East Lansing, Linsmeier talks about his role at the FASB and about the state of corporate accounting in America in the wake of the Enron scandal and the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. He also discusses how B-schools have altered their curricula to reflect new accounting standards and about MSU’s strengths in accounting education.
From MSU Today: William H. Schmidt is a University Distinguished Professor of Education at Michigan State University and has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Education. Schmidt is one of only three scholars in the world chosen for membership in recognition of their pioneering efforts in educational research and policy development.
Through much of the 1990s, Schmidt also served as project coordinator and executive director of the U.S. National Research Center for the influential Third International Mathematics and Science Study, which involved dozens of countries and chronicled the lagging achievement of American K-12 students in mathematics and science.
Schmidt talks about the state of K-12 education in America today and how important national standards are to improving the system.
His current work focuses on the idea of an emerging “Third City” in U.S. metro areas. The Third City is a metaphor for communities that have been forgotten by mainstream culture and developed their own norms related to violence, drugs, weapons and amoral behavior. He believes it is imperative to stay engaged in positive youth and community development in these distressed Third City communities. Ignoring the decay, he believes, is associated with a range of societal costs — from dysfunctional civic institutions to potential threats to homeland security.
Taylor has worked with the Guggenheim Foundation, the C. S. Mott Foundation, the FBI Academy, and the Children’s Defense Fund. Taylor served on the Michigan Juvenile Justice Committee for more than 10 years and advises various projects concerning youth throughout America. He’s also been involved in Laura Bush’s Helping America’s Youth Initiative.
Taylor earned his bachelor’s (1971) in multidiscipline social science, his master’s (1976) in criminal justice and his Ph.D. (1980) in administration of higher education, all from Michigan State University.
From MSU Today: Ron Dzwonkowski is the editorial page editor at The Detroit Free Press. In that capacity, he is responsible for the newspaper’s institutional views on the issues of the day, for political endorsements, and for the various opinion letters and columns that appear in the newspaper. He has been at the Free Press since 1983 and in his current position since June of 1998.
Ron is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, but more a part of Michigan. He moved with his family to Michigan in 1968 when his father took a job transfer and has lived here since. He attended the University of Detroit and graduated from Wayne State University.
Ron has been in the news business in Michigan since 1971. As a reporter and editor, he has covered politics, sports, crime, the auto industry, state government and suburban news. He has seen Michigan through its good times and bad, and written stories about people from Monroe to the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Ron talks about the state of the newspaper business and how he’s really in the information business rather than the newspaper business. And he tells us the skills that the journalist of the near future will need to have to thrive in this ever-changing field.
Ron wonders if the British system can help Michigan’s struggling economy. He’s deeply concerned about the ballooning federal deficit and says it really does matter who leads Michigan.
Ron covered Spartan football for the Associated Press in the late 70s and early 80s.
From MSU Today: Daniel Howes is business columnist and associate business editor of The Detroit News. From 1999 to January 2003, he was based in Germany as The News’ European correspondent and automotive columnist; altogether, he has reported from some 20 countries on three continents. Before heading to Europe, Howes was the paper’s senior automotive writer and an investigative and projects reporter on the newspaper’s business desk.
He came to Detroit in 1993 from The Roanoke Times in Virginia, where he covered business, politics and higher education. Howes is the winner of many journalism awards, including multiple International Wheel Awards for column writing and a four-time winner of Northwestern University’s Medill award for general markets coverage. He is a regular contributor to NewsTalk 760-WJR in Detroit, and appears often on radio and television in the United States and overseas.
A native of Canton, Ohio, he holds a bachelor’s degree in history from The College of Wooster and a master’s in international affairs from Columbia University.
Daniel talks about the troubled automotive industry and Michigan economy. He’s concerned about the lack of a solid energy policy at the federal level. He talks about the state and future of the newspaper business, including the impact of bloggers. And Howes expresses his strong support for MSU’s study abroad program.
From MSU Today on Impact Radio: Daniel Howes is business columnist and associate business editor of The Detroit News. 
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