Opinion
More freedom means more progress
Education makes it more likely for individuals to migrate — and when they migrate, they are more likely to migrate to economically free states.
Opinion
Freedom, not socialism, offers path to better outcomes
An index of economic freedom helps rebut arguments from self-proclaimed American socialists.
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State shows government can shrink
The relative size of government has declined in most states since 2010, but North Carolina’s decline has exceeded the national and regional averages.
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Our economy needs new enterprises
State economic development incentive programs are unlikely to increase entrepreneurial activity and may decrease it, while economic freedom — less taxation and regulation — is a more promising strategy.
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Evidence shows that freedom works
Fiscal conservatives have good reasons to believe what we believe. What are yours?
News
Fayetteville State To Teach Teachers of Entrepreneurs
RALEIGH — Edward Stringham, a professor at Fayetteville State University, noticed an absence of professors trained in the principles of entrepreneurship. To train Ph.D. students to teach such courses, Stringham is proposing a doctoral program at Fayetteville State. Stringham is a professor in the university’s business school, which would house the program.
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Friday Interview: The Importance of Economic Freedom
RALEIGH — The United States has been slipping in recent international rankings of economic freedom, including the Fraser Institute’s widely publicized Economic Freedom of the Word annual report. Robert Lawson, Jerome M. Fullinwider chair in economic freedom at Southern Methodist University, co-authors the Fraser Institute report. During a recent visit to North Carolina, he discussed key findings with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
Opinion
The Right Recipe for the Poorest of the Poor
Why worry about the way you slice the American economic pie when you can help everyone by baking a larger pie?
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Friday Interview: Making a Moral Case for Free Markets
RALEIGH — Critics often employ moral arguments in attacking free-market policies. They say people who advocate market-based solutions to life’s problems support greedy, profit-hungry businessmen instead of the public interest. Dwight Lee, William J. O’Neil professor of global markets and freedom at Southern Methodist University, says there’s a moral case to be made for markets. Lee addressed the importance and difficulty of making that case during a presentation to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. He also spoke with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
Opinion
Not-too-Swift detractors will face a defamation suit
A professor's proper use of satire leads to deliberate misrepresentations and potential legal action.
Opinion
No. 709: Limbaugh Meets the New ‘Racism’ of Merely Offending Someone
Rush Limbaugh found out what a lot of good, beleaguered individuals on college campuses already know — there’s a new definition of “racism” taking hold, and it comes complete with all the nasty, despicable baggage as the old definition. But the new definition doesn’t bother with the speaker’s intent nor does it require any presence of actual racism (that is, racism under the old definition). Especially because of that, this redefining of racism is itself a great evil.
Opinion
Rush Limbaugh meets the new “racism”
Rush Limbaugh found out what a lot of good, beleaguered individuals on college campuses already know — there’s a new definition of “racism” taking hold.
