Governor Should Be Mr. Fix-It
Now that Pat McCrory has passed the oh-so-important mark of 100 days in office, the political class in Raleigh feels obligated to offer a critique of his administration. The most common one is that... Read More
NC SPIN Posts by John Hood
Big Apple Is Less Filling
Is New York City a better place to work than Charlotte? It depends on your priorities. For many people, the Big Apple with all its glamour and glitz may be the place they want to live. But if your... Read More
Disability Model Isn’t Working
I’m glad to see news reporters and policy analysts devoting increasing attention to a subject Carolina Journal readers will find familiar: the role that public policy plays in discouraging work. A... Read More
Parents Should Make the Choice
In education policy, America sticks out like a sore thumb when compared with our international competitors. Make that two sore thumbs, actually. In both funding and administration, our education... Read More
A Modest Proposal on Electric Power
Sometimes, despite good intentions, we just get things wrong. That’s what happened in 2007, when the North Carolina legislature enacted a bill to force electric utilities to buy “renewable... Read More
Don’t Plan for Failure
Any plan for rejuvenating North Carolina’s economy by drawing down and spending more federal money is a plan for failure. At most, it would generate a ripple of economic activity in the short run... Read More
All in the Families
In the aftermath of the Blueprint NC imbroglio, there has a new wave of political and media attention devoted to North Carolina think tanks, policy centers, and activist groups. The attention is... Read More
Updating NC Job Numbers
Has North Carolina’s economy turned the corner? It depends on how you define “turn the corner.” And it depends on what measure you choose. In politics, the measure that typically gets the most... Read More
A Meltdown Over Medicaid
Furious that Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led legislature has turned down the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, Democratic lawmakers, liberal scholars, and left-wing activists have... Read More
Two Views of the NC Economy
North Carolina’s lackluster economy is the top political issue. Voters who pay scant attention to legislative sessions and partisan dust-ups in Raleigh view state leaders primarily through the... Read More
