The ill-advised and widely denounced tariff rhetoric coming from the White House has stressed manufacturers and upset the markets. The initial targets were steel and aluminum, specifically from China. The move apparently came from some misguided belief about current-day Andrew Carnegies making tracks to Pittsburgh to…
If places adopt new policies and get good results — or even just look like they might get good results — policymakers in other places can feel like they’ll fall behind if they don’t follow suit.
A school that's sending all of its graduates to college once faced the threat of closing.
Even partial deregulation of licensing would increase the number of North Carolinians entering the occupations in question — and would benefit consumers, though not necessarily the current providers.
On April 3 The Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board praised a Nebraska bill to reform its occupational licensing system. This bill, the editors noted, would bring about “wholesale reform.” The editors found several aspects of the bill praiseworthy. So do I. They include several ideas we at the John…
In May, North Carolina voters will go to the polls, and in at least 14 counties they’ll vote on tax increases. Or, more accurately, in May most North Carolina voters won’t go to the polls. These are primaries, and the turnout will be low. Four years ago, turnout was…
North Carolina ranks 14th in the cost-effectiveness of our highway system, and beats the national average in both rural pavement condition and urban congestion.
Government institutions have strayed from their traditional trustworthy roles.
The outcomes of some supposedly higher-profile party primaries or general elections might actually be affected by differences in turnout between counties with competitive sheriff races and counties without them.
Typically, “saving American jobs” is the reason given for implementing protectionist trade measures, i.e., tariffs and quotas. The argument goes something like this: Foreign producers of a product are offering American consumers a more attractive price or better-quality product than they can get from American producers of the same…
