by Dr. Michael Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, March 16, 2018. Our residence really sets the stage for much of our lives. Before getting married, I lived in five different apartments in a span of... Read More
This week in the middle of all the basketball madness, we put aside the hard fact that we are loving our favorite game to death. And, even when we acknowledge what is happening, we blame the wrong... Read More
The state legislature regularly draws fire for its decision to end an old, very generous tax break for film and TV production and replace it with a smaller, more-targeted grant program. Industry... Read More
It seems like all public officials celebrate transparency, until it applies to them. Case in point: Gov. Roy Cooper, who (years ago as attorney general) wrote the introduction to the North Carolina... Read More
Tariffs are taxes. They have always been. So when President Donald Trump announced plans to impose costly tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum into the United States, he was threatening to raise... Read More
The state legislature adjourned the 2017 long session June 29. They were done, right? Expected back all afresh and new in spring of 2018 after a long break of doing nothing? Not exactly. They... Read More
I have yet to read a serious study concluding that single parent homes raise better children than homes with both biological parents. Described another way, "Homes with the Mom and Dad raise better... Read More
by Mike Walden, NC State Professor of Economics, March 2, 2018. When I take questions after the scores of presentations I make across the state each year, there is one question I can always count on... Read More
Before the advent of the automobile — and thus before the advent of car and gas taxes to fund surface transportation — North Carolina and other states had public roads. They were built by... Read More
Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation and NC SPIN panelist, March 1, 2018 Protecting our investments means taking care of what we own. As state taxpayers, we own a lot of stuff — office, school and... Read More
