Jeff DeGraff

The Next IdeaApproximately 70% of all Americans have a smartphone: 24/7 internet access, touch screen apps, and a video camera. A quick glance at any news…

The Next IdeaFacebook’s 32-year-old billionaire founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has been touring the country. He made stops in Michigan recently. He toured…

The Next IdeaIn the early 1990s, I visited billionaire George Soros’ office in New York City to provide some direction on an investment his firm had made…

The Next IdeaA few years before the Great Recession, I was an advisor to the Federal Reserve Bank. I provided some limited advice on how to stimulate…

The Next IdeaWith all the talk of reforming health care, what if we are missing the bigger picture?What if all this emotional debate about whether to…

The Next IdeaThirty years ago, University of Chicago Professor Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind. The book deconstructed higher…

The Next IdeaCan we stop with all the hype about self-driving cars? Yes, they’re on the way, but not in the new year. Autonomous vehicles will indeed be…

The Next IdeaSo here we are at the end of one of the most odious and vitriolic campaigns in memory. Rather than adding yet more commentary, I’d like to…

The Next IdeaIf everyone knows of 20th century Detroit as the Motor City, what's Detroit's identity today and what should it be for the future? Every…

The Next Idea“I would love to see a renaissance in innovation here in the state of Michigan” Those are the words of Jeff DeGraff, a professor at the…