If the words ?tax increment financing? send you into a comfortable snooze, you might want to grab an extra cup of coffee.

TIFs can have a major impact on North Carolina taxpayers, as Joe Coletti explains in the latest edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Jenna Ashley Robinson will also join us to share details of her recent Pope Center report on student fees throughout the UNC system.

We?ll also hear from three big-name guests. Political analyst Michael Barone discusses the presidential race. Satirist P.J. O?Rourke contrasts the government and free market in providing essential social services. And syndicated columnist Amity Shlaes discusses her recent book on the Great Depression, The Forgotten Man.