Joseph Lawler of the Washington Examiner documents a proposal from Douglas Holtz-Eakin of the American Action Forum that would lead to replacement of a government-mandated minimum wage. Douglas... Read More
by Gene Nichol, UNC Center of Poverty, published in News and Observer, August 13, 2014. Evidence of North Carolina’s singular, and singularly unacknowledged, poverty crisis cascades. We’ve long... Read More
North Carolina’s home schools are growing at a record rate and are now estimated to have more students than the state’s private schools. New figures from the state show there were 60,950 home... Read More
The dust is still settling on the $21.1 billion budget signed into law earlier this month, with details still emerging about the lesser-known policy and funding changes buried deep in the 260-page... Read More
Ongoing Medicaid reform initiatives seeking to rein in unnecessary spending and better coordinate patient care may improve North Carolina’s medical assistance program to a degree, and the special... Read More
The North Carolina General Assembly is not gone, they’re not forgotten and they still can’t get along. The House plans to reconvene on Thursday. Although they have not passed an adjournment... Read More
My first thought when I read that The News & Observer is 120 years old was, “Holy cow, that’s old.” My second thought was, “Hold the coffee, I’ve been reading the paper for HALF ITS LIFE... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, August 10, 2014. If there’s a magic formula that will balance the quality of a University of North Carolina education against student tuition, financial aid and... Read More
Two key concerns in our economy are unemployment and inflation. We want both to be low. When unemployment is low, more people have jobs and earn income. When inflation is low, the dollars we earn don... Read More
The hubbub over money in big-time college sports is making one thing perfectly clear: Our universities are doing a terrible job teaching economics. The debate centers on two assumptions. The first is... Read More
