Carolina Journal Print Columnists
Articles by John Hood

(1.10.06) Not Music to Taxpayers’ Ears
If state government can legitimately be in the business of staging country-music shows, what business can it not be in? Consider cases in northeastern and western NC.

(1.09.06) Second Look at Playground Economics
Time for a look back at two examples of economics instruction — on two different playgrounds.

(1.06.06) What the Poor Say They Lack
More evidence from surveys of Americans, poor and nonpoor, demonstrates that the depressing society of the popular leftist imagination simply doesn’t exist.

(1.06.06) Government’s Twenty “Top” Priorities
Governments at all levels seem to be filled with the kind of people who write up lengthy lists of “top priorities.” In other words, they don’t know how to set priorities.

(1.05.06) The Study Will Not Settle It
A long-awaited study of the growth, economic footprint, and fiscal impact of North Carolina’s Hispanic community will not settle the debate over how much illegal immigrants cost taxpayers.

(1.04.06) Their Twenty Top Priorities
Public officials often get themselves, and taxpayers, in trouble by failing to set true priorities among the host of potential services or programs.

(1.03.06) A Heroic Look at Monopolies
The acquistion of a highly addictive computer game prompts questions about the proper definition of monopolies and whether the household TV will ever be turned on, again.

(12.30.05) On Gift Exchanges & Bad Economics
Some seemingly clever critics of the free market argue that Christmas gift-giving reduces economic efficiency. They have a warped view of the market process.

(12.29.05) School Choice, By the Numbers
It’s an appropriate time to consider how far the movement for school choice has come in 50 years — and how much farther it has to go.

(12.28.05) Bad Economics and Gift Giving
Every Christmas, it seems, someone makes the argument that exchanging gifts is economically inefficient. And every season, the straw man burns to an unjustified glow.

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