Did the costs outweigh the benefits? By
May 27, 2021
As government-imposed pandemic lockdowns begin to wind down, policymakers, analysts and citizens turn their attention to the question of how well states and political leaders balanced their costs and benefits.
This topic was the focus of a virtual event, “Are Lockdowns Effective? How to Measure the Impact of COVID-19 Policies,” sponsored by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. It featured economists Dave Hebert of Aquinas College and Michael Makovi of Northwood University.
In his review of lockdowns, Hebert used a cost-benefit analysis to estimate the optimal balance between their benefits (fewer cases of illness and fewer fatalities) and their costs, both in economic terms and in personal and societal ones.
<p>“The private corporation represents the ideal social institution, the only free non-revolutionary way for a new social order. America must take the lead in building the free industrial society.” — Peter Drucker During my lifetime, most Americans looked to the government to solve the problems of poverty, unemployment, racism and inequality through a variety of social, […]</p>
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Grand Rapids Business Journal Students in Northwood University’s entrepreneurship administration program get to know each other quite well. They have to, because the university takes a nontraditional approach to instruction by grouping 20-person cohorts that move together through the master’s degree program at DeVos Graduate School. The instructors change, but their classmates do not during the two-year program. The program is designed to give students a feel for a “real world” business environment. “Our students are more able to get into a small business and kind of run that business as if it is their own, because they have that spirit to be that business owner themselves,” said Laura White, graduate admissions adviser.
Obituary: James A. Kendall, 94
James A. Kendall, 94
James A. Kendall, founding partner of the Midland law firm Currie Kendall PLC, died May 12. He was 94.
After serving in the U.S. Navy, Mr. Kendall earned his undergraduate degree from Albion College, and went on to earn his law degree from the University of Michigan.
Mr. Kendall worked in the legal department of The Dow Chemical Company before joining the late Gilbert A. Currie to form Currie Kendall, where he worked until his retirement.
Mr. Kendall served as president of the Midland County Bar Association and as chairman of the Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. He was the first general counsel of Saginaw Valley State University and served as counsel to Northwood University for many years.
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