As North Carolina continues to battle double-digit unemployment, Joe Coletti says it?s time for government leaders to rethink policies that have helped contribute to economic sluggishness. He offers details in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

N.C. State economist Michael Walden will explain how North Carolina could turn to California to find some good ideas about tax reform, and Hal Young will share his expertise about the state?s rules for nonpublic education.

You?ll hear highlights from a recent debate between Bill Holman of Duke?s Nicholas Institute and Fred Smith of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. They discussed the role of the free market in addressing environmental problems.

Plus Donna Martinez and I will conduct another session of Locker Room Talk, a discussion of some of the best recent blog entries from this forum.