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NY Politicians Could Tax Wall Street Away
Stephen Moore writes for BizPac Review about the danger of overtaxing New York politicians. Let’s face it. Anyone who works in, or just visits, the Wall Street area of Manhattan…
Economic geography
Budget, Taxation & Economy
All NC Counties Saw Decreases in Unemployment in July
According to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce, unemployment rates decreased in all 100 of North Carolina’s counties in July. After months of steady decreases, most counties in…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Barron’s ponders a lost opportunity for Amazon
Assuming that Amazon will split its new HQ2 operations between sites in New York and near Washington, D.C., Alex Eule of Barron’s laments the decision. … [T]he new congressional map…
Liberty
Surprising Result for Durham, NC
The Center for American Entrepreneurship recently released an interactive online report called, “The Rise of the Startup City.” Aaron Renn provides a summary at Urbanophile.com: The main message of the report…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Policies to Put Local Jobs First
America has always been a country on the move. Across the ocean, across the continent, and, for decades after the frontier officially closed, Americans have moved away from (and often…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Poking holes in UNC-Asheville’s economic impact study
Roy Cordato writes for the Martin Center about flaws in a new economic impact study promoting UNC-Asheville. Too often, universities use studies about themselves as marketing opportunities rather than a…
Liberty
Research shows North Carolina swallowed by a growing “mega-region”
A research paper by The Martin Prosperity Institute studied satellite images of the globe at night to identify the world’s top “mega-regions”. The study found a dozen of these mega-regions…
Liberty
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
What lessons can we learn from the primary elections as we look forward to the June 22 runoff and the general election campaign this fall? Rick Henderson offers some ideas…
Liberty
Economic geography professor debunks myths about the ‘100-mile diet’
Some people tout the economic, social, health, and environmental benefits of buying all food locally. Some have dubbed this effort the “100-mile diet.” Pierre Desrochers, associate professor of geography at…
Liberty
We're 37th! We're 37th!
Forbes magazine’s annual “Best Places For Business And Careers” is out and Charlotte comes in at #37, just ahead of Wilmington. Atlanta, Richmond, and Knoxville are all in the top…
Liberty
"They came down out of the attic and moved to Charlotte"
That, ladies and gentlemen, is North Carolina’s population trend in a nutshell. Folks tired of no jobs and coastal storms Down East packing up and heading for the Queen City.…
Lottery sales linked to poverty, unemployment rates
RALEIGH – Counties with high poverty and unemployment rates tend to have the highest rates of lottery ticket sales in North Carolina. That’s a key finding in a new John…