In a new article at the Journal of Public Economics, Zachary S. Fone, Joseph J. Sabia, and Resul Cesur report, “Using data from the 1998–2016 Uniform Crime Reports and a difference-in-differences approach, we find robust evidence that…
A new working paper’s conclusions make sense if you believe the data that a higher minimum wage makes it harder to find low-skill jobs. The impact is significant Our results…
It could well be that stricter licensing of security guards yields better quality security guards. At the same time, by the effect of licensing limiting the supply of security guards,…
Gripe 1: Why do we experience so much incompetence anymore? In the mail yesterday, I received a letter from the IRS informing me my tax return was being processed along…
Goofballs. Arrogant little goofballs. This is nothing less than two decades of de-criminalizing property crime in Mecklenburg County applied to the rest of the state. Why? Because it is cheap…
Been warning folks that CLT was on the edge of an upswing in property owners taking the law into their own hands. And what do you know, a car break-in…
Let’s try and flesh out what it is CMPD Chief Rodney Monroe is trying do to get more officers on Charlotte’s crime-ridden streets. And, more importantly, how that is being…
Looks like 117 of them to be exact. Doug Smith reports that what was a 25-story hotel-condo project on Caldwell Street smack up against the Uptown arena will move forward…
Note also this passage from the article on Pat Norris’ tenure: One consistent complaint from residents has been how police handle property crimes, council members said. Murders and robberies might…
Just as we get some sign that CMS might be taking crime and violence in Charlotte seriously, up pops a fantastically wrong assertion from the Uptown paper of record on…
I was waiting for more fallout from the high speed chase that took place across much of South Charlotte last week, causing several wrecks, and leaving one woman injured. CMPD…
News14 has a fascinating little insta-poll asking “Do you feel safe in Uptown?” Only 28 percent of clickers say “Yes,” another 32 percent say only during the day, and the…