Labor force shouldn’t be shrinking
I have my own views about North Carolina’s labor-market woes, but the first step to debating the issue well is to agree on the basic scope of the problem.
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Income and poverty facts matter
According to the Census Bureau’s supplemental poverty measure, 9.1% of Americans were poor in 2020, a big drop from the 11.7% rate it reported in 2019.
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Biden’s mandate goes too far
President Biden’s vaccine mandate relies on the idea that unvaccinated workers pose a grave risk to their vaccinated coworkers. This is an unwise and counterproductive claim.
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What’s more democratic than an election?
Are Democratic activists, cheered on by Democratic leaders, truly willing to undermine popular sovereignty? Can they not foresee how Republicans will respond?…
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Trade lifts North Carolina economy
Domestic jobs lost to international competition may be easy to identify and regret. That they are more visible, however, does not make them more numerous or more important.
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Make licensing reform a priority
North Carolina has made significant gains towards economic freedom over the past decade. To continue that progress, we must make occupational-licensing reform a higher priority.
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Jefferson neighbors seek liberty
The travails of Albemarle County Baptists and other religious dissenters during the 1760s and 1770s had a strong impression on Thomas Jefferson.
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Families are swinging suburban
People have recalculated the risk-reward ratio and concluded that living in a lower-density environment is more attractive than it used to be.
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CON laws are too risky
A recent academic study also found that nursing homes in places subject to certificate-of-need laws had higher incidence of COVID-19 than in places where providers are free to compete.
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Biden’s tumble unnerves Democrats
If Biden and the Democrats expect the issue of Afghanistan to go away quickly, they are guilty of yet another catastrophic lapse in judgment.