I have shared a list about North Carolina politics with you before. It was fun, at least for me. Here’s another one. In no particular order, these are my top five most interesting and impactful... Read More
by Dan Way, Carolina Journal, November 16, 2018. State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s proposed cost-cutting reforms for the State Health Plan have drawn praise from state employees’ representatives and... Read More
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of economics, November 20, 2018. Two topics of interest to most people are taxes and public spending. So whenever I find research focusing on these two areas... Read More
The great British statesman and writer Edmund Burke was a critic of his government’s treatment of the American colonies in the years preceding the Revolutionary War. In particular, he insisted that... Read More
Not that it is really in my interest to say this, but many of our political debates are a waste of time. They may well be about important issues. But they go nowhere. The two “sides” disagree... Read More
Yes, Governor Roy Cooper was a big winner in the 2018 elections. He also was the big reason for Democrats’ big wins – in the legislature, in the courts and against the Republicans’ power... Read More
Despite the manufactured panic of the migrant caravan, despite the midterm’s so-called “referendum on Trump,” despite the nation’s nonsensical gun laws, despite an election that often seemed a... Read More
Now that the dust is settling on the North Carolina 2018 mid-terms (I can't speak for other states), we can begin to analyze and dig deeper into the data of voters who showed up to cast ballots, once... Read More
North Carolina officials insist the state is prime territory for the next big industrial manufacturing facility — most likely an automaker. Auto assembly plants can attract billions of dollars in... Read More
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, November 14, 2018 North Carolina was once known as a state of small towns. The reason was the state economy. Led by the “Big Three” of tobacco... Read More
