Is inflation ready to take a leap?
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
NC Spin Articles
College sports reform chasing mirage of exploitation, profits
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
The return of boy mayor Tom Bradshaw
Usually people who have stretches of interstate highway named after them do not embark on state Senate careers, especially, knowing that if they win, they would be starting out as a freshman of the... Read More
McCrory scrambling to change the budget he was "proud to sign"
The more days that pass since Governor Pat McCrory signed the state budget, the more confusing that budget becomes, especially when trying to figure out what it means for public schools in North... Read More
Extending the benefits debate
Justin Wolfers, a University of Michigan economist and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, wrote a piece for The New York Times a couple of weeks ago that was partly a response to a previous... Read More
A cynical new age for college athletics
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, August 11, 2014. Too often in America today events meet the lowered expectations of our more cynical natures. Case in point, this statement last week by University... Read More
What to do
Over lunch Mickey and Minnie were talking about Governor McCrory’s statement last week on the influx of child immigrants from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. Mickey was outraged. “McCrory... Read More
Hidden changes
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 12, 2014. On the day the state Senate adopted the budget, Jeff Jackson from Charlotte stood to debate the bill. He complained that the 260-page spending... Read More
Legislators change the way the state funds enrollment growth
There appears to be some confusion and displeasure about a provision that changes the way that budget writers construct the education budget. The issue boils down to when and where to include... Read More
Liberal hypocrisy on state taxes
This news article about changes to NC's film industry tax credit program not only highlights the obvious, but illustrates how ridiculous progressive liberals sound when they try to argue against... Read More
