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Progressives slander free-market capitalism as oppressing low income and minorities. They advocate for big government programs as helping these “marginalized” communities. But low income communities fare far worse, and racial…
John Hood writes for Carolina Journal’s Daily Journal that while North Carolina’s economy is in reasonably good shape with a job-creation rate exceeding the national average and average income per…
Rich Karlgaard of Forbes interviews technology prophet George Gilder about the long-term outlook for technology innovation. Q: Is technology progress accelerating or decelerating at the level of society? Gilder: It’s…
A New York-based outfit dubbed Fit Small Business begs to differ. Danielle Chemtob reports for the Triangle Business Journal. Entrepreneurs and business owners need look no further than the Tar…
Rich Karlgaard of Forbes turns his attention to the divisive election season. If you search for common ground these days, you risk being labeled a sellout (the left’s phrase) or…
If you’re looking for a signal on whether or not the national economy is on the upswing or struggling in neutral, I say look at the data on people starting…
It’s nice to read within the latest issue of Money magazine that the percentage of jobless managers and executives launching new businesses jumped 31 percent last year. And the trend…
A college degree is valued so highly — overvalued, if you ask George Leef — that many students are willing to take on huge student-loan debts with the expectation that…
The Kauffman Foundation has done an extensive survey of the degree to which states (and regions of states and localities) are or are not friendly toward small business. Overall, North…
The Economist notes that the Kauffman Foundation joined economics and literature in their latest questionnaire on the economy. THE KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION conducts a quarterly survey of economics bloggers (you can…
Nina Easton?s latest Fortune column explains the importance of entrepreneurial risk taking for the future of the American economy: We shouldn’t forget that daredevils start companies, and startups produce jobs.…
North Carolina’s economic development policy has focused on the former (Dell, Google, etc.) at the expense of the latter (high tax rates, overregulation, etc.). Kevin D. Williamson‘s latest National Review…