Opinion

Does government spending expand the economy?

Every first-semester student in macroeconomics learns a simple question. It’s the equation for measuring gross domestic product, or GDP, which is used to measure the size of state and national economies. Growth in GDP is used to demonstrate how well the economy is performing during a particular time period, usually for a quarter or a year. This equation...

Dr. Roy Cordato
News

Friday Interview: Economic Issues Drive Many N.C. Policies

RALEIGH — Reports about the American economy often focus on growth or decline in the gross domestic product, or GDP. It’s also possible to track a state’s GDP. Sarah Curry, John Locke Foundation director of fiscal policy studies, discussed GDP with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.

CJ Staff
Podcast

Empirical Data Discredits Left’s Approach To Growth

John Hood on policy debate between Center & Right; lawmakers and Aldona Wos discuss Medicaid problems; Joe Coletti on government efficiency; Harry Kaplan on competition in the auto insurance market; Sarah Curry on industries comprising N.C.'s GDP

Sarah Curry, Joseph Coletti, John Hood

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