The determining factor: whether the labor force expands and businesses can find the skilled workers they need to keep growing.
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Charles Lawton: For the U.S., circling the wagons will repeat our mistake
Trying to limit the number of those who ‘belong’ in the United States is wrong.
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Charles Lawton: Democrats can help improve the health care system in place
Cost containment matters, but people need to know they will get care – and not just at the last minute.
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Charles Lawton: For productivity and its growth, similar areas hold lessons for regions in Maine
Still, it’s a good sign that the Portland and Lewiston areas have achieved growth in productivity that nearly equaled that of the nation’s top 10 metro areas.
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Charles Lawton: Value of labor rises in Maine, but prosperity depends on many factors
Unless housing, education, community and reputation are also inviting, it won’t matter that wages are up.
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Charles Lawton: Maine’s best hope for stronger economy is exporting knowledge
That’s what some of the state’s larger successful companies already do, and we need more of them. Embrace bigness and information creation.
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Charles Lawton: Base public health care policy on principles, not political parties
It’s time to build a health care system around the relationship between patients and providers.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Charles Lawton: Maine Opportunity Project a step toward mending social divide
The purpose of the student educational, recreational and conservation programs is to cultivate relationships among the participants and with others they’d rarely get a chance to meet.
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Charles Lawton: Maine cities and towns need help with broader picture on property taxes
It’s not helpful to try to treat all 490 municipalities equally, such as the effort to consolidate school districts.
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Charles Lawton: Decisions on tax reform, public spending hinge on defining terms
It won’t be easy to determine what’s ‘fair’ and what’s ‘effective’ for the 490 broadly different municipalities in Maine.