Could women save the economy?

[LuckyTheDog]

This is about Michigan, but applicable to the entire economy:

http://www.freep.com/article/20091019/COL06/910190377/W...

Here in Mother Michigan, she of the 15.3% jobless rate, there is much consternation about brain drain, the flight of talented young people.

That is driving Terry Barclay bonkers as she reflects on results of the 2009 Michigan Women's Leadership Index, which shows -- as similar surveys did in 2003, 2005 and 2007 -- that women hold fewer than 10% of the top-earning jobs and corporate board seats in the state's top 100 public companies.

"Michigan is missing an opportunity," says Barclay, president and chief executive officer of the Inforum Center for Leadership, noting that 58% of the state's college graduates are women.

"This is about the bottom line, not just diversity," Barclay says. "It's about retaining and attracting talent as we reinvent our city and our state."