If you have a hard time believing that cocaine-fueled monkeys will do much to stimulate the economy, join the club. Joe Coletti will discuss the craziest North Carolina projects funded by federal stimulus money in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Terry Stoops will address the growth in home and private school options in North Carolina, and you?ll hear excerpts from Melana Zyla Vickers? recent Pope Center report on the amount of extra help and attention colleges offer to the growing number of students diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, and other disabilities.

Plus we?ll hear some spirited defenses of capitalism. Forbes CEO and former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes will assess the American public?s response to anti-market policies enacted in Washington during the past 18 months. Southern Methodist University professor Dwight Lee will discuss the importance ? and difficulty ? of making a moral case for markets.