North Carolina recently witnessed a significant victory for property rights. A group called the Mount Airy Property Rights Alliance fought successfully to have 20 privately owned properties removed from a city plan to redevelop an abandoned factory. The city had pledged to use eminent domain to take those private properties surrounding the factory. The Institute for Justice helped property owners fight the plans. IJ activism coordinator Phil Applebaum discusses the Mount Airy case’s significance. Later in the program, affected property owner Gene Clark offers a first-person account of his work with the MAPRA and its success in convincing Mount Airy to change its plans. Economists often assume that people are willing to accept something rather than nothing when they are trading or dealing with others. Jerry Gaus, professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona, says that’s not always true. Gaus explains that people can be inclined to reject a deal they believe to be unfair, even if that deal will lead to their own benefit. While the presidential race is filling the airwaves and headlines, North Carolina has other important contests on its 2016 election ballot. John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood dissected key N.C. races during a recent JLF election panel Headliner luncheon. You’ll hear highlights from his remarks. Partisans and pundits have been offering different assessments of North Carolina’s economic strength. Brent Lane, head of the Center for Competitive Economies at UNC-Chapel Hill’s business school, recently urged state lawmakers to focus on personal income. Lane says per-capita income peaked in the late 1990s and has lagged since that time. Lane also offers some good news: Data from the past two years suggest policies adopted by the conservative-led General Assembly have had a positive impact on income.