What if there was no car industry in Michigan? (or the U.S.)
- What would people do who design, engineer, build and market cars?
- Where would people work?
- How many related businesses would cease to exist? Would those businesses be healthier attached to a different core industry with higher margins and a healthier growth curve?
- Would the state lose 20% of its population? More? Would it be necessary to get them back, or is it better to attract different people?
And, finally:
- What would we do next?
Someone should be asking these questions; someone should be thinking about the answers. Right now it seems the only thing people want to do is avoid the questions.
