by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, March 31, 2017 I recall my late paternal grandmother telling me how much she looked forward to the third Friday of each month. This was the day her... Read More
Dr. James Otteson, a business school professor at Wake Forest University, came up with an intriguing idea. What if he brought together a group of faculty, students, and outside scholars to explore how... Read More
Mixed signals. Some things are clear — lower taxes, fewer regulations, skilled workers, and efficient infrastructure lead to economic growth. A robust and growing business community creates jobs... Read More
by Laura Leslie and Matthew Burns, WRAL, March 30, 2017. As quickly as House Bill 2 was enacted 53 weeks ago, the controversial state law limiting LGBT rights and transgender bathroom access was... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, March 29, 2017. North Carolina's optometrists and ophthalmologists are poking each other in the political eye this year, sparring over legislation that would allow... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, March 30, 2017. You can tell when a real compromise has been reached: Many on both sides remain mad. That’s the case with the repeal Thursday afternoon of House... Read More
Yesterday, Peder Zane wrote a piece in the N&O bemoaning the partisan bent of news coverage in the state and nation. He has some legitimate gripes. Reporter bias does often come through and, yes... Read More
You probably missed the news that the members of the overwhelmingly Republican state Senate finally came to their senses Monday and voted to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and provide... Read More
Day in and day out for years I sat in meetings watching and listening to men who lived and breathed politics and, almost to a man every one looked on telling a lie (or, more precisely, being caught... Read More
Today at 1 p.m., the North Carolina Senate Finance Committee will take up the Senate’s latest tax cut proposal: a bill that flies under the dubious official title, “Billion Dollar Middle Class Tax... Read More
