Opinion
What Makes Economies Grow?
Many popular notions about rich and poor economies are surprisingly lacking in empirical support.
Opinion
The Nuclear Option
There's a gaping hole in North Carolina environmentalists' push for increased use of clean, renewable energy sources.
Opinion
The Case for Low Expectations
Those who advocate rational public policy are bound to be disappointed much of the time.
Opinion
The Real Incentives Tradeoff
If you watching the policy debate about economic incentives, you are bound to hear many stories like the following.
Opinion
A Rule Without A Good Reason
Will someone give me one good reason why Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin should have to get state permission before it can expand its emergency room?
Opinion
$3.50, $3.15, $2.79, or $2.50?
When does the market get prices 'right,' according to consumers? To read the news or listen to broadcast media, one might think that the answer is 'pretty much never.' People just aren't happy with prices, of everything from gasoline to groceries. Yet it's not true that markets generally get prices wrong, in spite of the fact that we consumers think we know better.
Opinion
The Turbine Next Door
Proposed legislation could lead to new neighbors for North Carolinians living in the mountains and along the coast.
Opinion
The New Campus Discrimination
Preferring men over women in college admissions would once have been considered unjust. Now, with affirmative-action extremism gone amok, it is considered progressive.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
Summer is well under way, with July 4th just a few short days away. As we enjoy the holiday with family and friends, we would do well to reflect on its importance. Take a few minutes to remind yourself and your family why we celebrate.
Opinion
What A Successful Program!
Advocates of corporate welfare appear to believe that the laws of economics don’t apply to economic-development activities.
Opinion
Try Throwing Away Dogma
I know it drives environmentalists nuts when their dogmatic prescriptions are described as a new secular religion.
Opinion
The Wrong Tool for the Job
Municipal officials pose a legitimate question: if people who live outside the city limits consume services paid for by property taxes, aren’t they getting an unfair subsidy?
