North Carolina’s main Obamacare insurance provider has state permission to raise rates by more than 24 percent next year. Katherine Restrepo discusses the impact of that rate hike during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.
Jon Sanders examines the potential negative economic impact of raising the government-mandated minimum wage to $15 per hour. Brent Lane of UNC’s Center for Competitive Economies explains how an early version of private-sector “crowdfunding” helped boost North Carolina’s economy more than a century ago.
Plus you’ll hear highlights from recent speeches at the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute’s recent summit in North Carolina. Author and political activist Kate Obenshain urged conservative college women to fight political correctness on campus. Becki Gray offered some tools for those willing to engage in heated political debates.
