As 2009 winds down, the North Carolina economy continues to sputter. The state has reported double-digit unemployment for 10 straight months. A few months ago, John Hood offered a prescription for the state?s ailing economy that?s worth repeating. You?ll have a chance to hear it again during a special year-end edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

You will also hear a prescription for the future of the conservative movement from National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru, and former Federal Election Commission chairman Bradley Smith will explain the problems associated with taxpayer-financed elections.

Roy Cordato will offer his ideas for tax reform in North Carolina, and a breast cancer survivor named Tracy Walsh will explain why her fears about Obamacare prompted her to join Americans for Prosperity?s campaign against current health-care ?reform? proposals.