As North Carolina continues to seek way to encourage job creation, the policy debate focuses on the best way to do that. Analysis of empirical evidence on state-level job creation clearly points to the path the state should follow, according to John Locke Foundation President John Hood. He explains why the Left’s approach is thoroughly rebuked by evidence, and why the debate has now shifted to the agreements and disagreements between the Center and the Right. Then we turn to health care policy. Frustration about ongoing cost concerns in North Carolina’s Medicaid program boiled over during a recent legislative hearing. You’ll hear lawmakers’ questions about Medicaid spending, along with responses from N.C. Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos. Next is a look at efforts to improv state government efficiency through a program dubbed NC GEAR. The program’s deputy director, Joe Coletti, discussed key efficiency goals during a recent public presentation for the John Locke Foundation. That’s followed by a look at North Carolina’s auto insurance rules. Drivers throughout the state would see benefits if state lawmakers inject more free-market competition into the state’s auto insurance system. That’s the argument behind legislation that could be considered during this year’s short legislative session. Harry Kaplan, senior vice president and director of state government relations for McGuireWoods Consulting, discusses key elements of the Good Driver Discount bill. And finally, we hear the acronym “GDP” used often, but what does it really mean? Sarah Curry, the John Locke Foundation’s director of fiscal policy studies explains the term and discusses the varying industries that make up GDP in North Carolina.
Empirical Data Discredits Left’s Approach To Growth
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