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According to liberal critics of Gov. Pat McCrory and the leadership of the General Assembly, the state should be losing its attraction as a place to do business. Our economy should be suffering from inadequate demand, thanks to state budget cuts. The passage of the marriage amendment and abortion...
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The September issue of Money (a Time, Inc. publication) featured an article titled "Busting the 5 Myths of College Costs" by Penelope Wang. It claimed that many of the assumptions that parents hold on how to reduce the cost of college are outdated or wrong. Wang promised to give the...
Published: Friday, October 4th, 2013 @ 12:21 am
By: John William Pope Center
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That's one way to interpret the current trend of the Index of North Carolina Leading Economic Indicators. Produced every month by N.C. State University economist Michael Walden, the index combines five indicators that tend to correlate with economic growth over time: initial unemployment-insurance c
Published: Friday, August 16th, 2013 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's been over 30 years since I finished my college education, where I majored in health-related fields. I found satisfaction in pursuing a long-held interest in medical science and saw how degrees in these areas were almost a guarantee of stable employment.
Published: Thursday, June 6th, 2013 @ 8:52 am
By: John William Pope Center
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"People generally quarrel," G.K. Chesterton once wryly observed, "because they cannot argue."
Published: Saturday, May 4th, 2013 @ 1:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Philanthropic foundations usually do not bear the costs when the ideas they promote turn out to be wrong. Unlike business capital, which can be lost when executives back bad products, foundations lose nothing when their executives back bad ideas.
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 5:50 pm
By: Jenna Ashley Robinson
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Two committees headed by UNC officials have signed off on a strategic plan that is better than past plans.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 1:37 am
By: Jenna Ashley Robinson
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It's about time for New Year's resolutions. My recommendation for North Carolina politicians of all stripes is to resolve to focus their attention, rhetoric, and legislation on reducing the ranks of the unemployed.
Published: Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 @ 7:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's unemployment rate has been 9.4 percent for the past three months. That statistic certainly helps to identify our labor market as one of the weakest in the country.
Published: Saturday, August 4th, 2012 @ 6:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's unemployment rate fell in April by three-tenths of a point, to 9.4 percent. Good news? Not really.
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2012 @ 2:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans Bob Steinburg and Owen Etheridge will compete in the May 8 primary for the North Carolina House District 1 seat currently held by nine-term Democrat Bill Owens, who isn't seeking re-election this year.
Published: Monday, April 30th, 2012 @ 11:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Employment is certainly an indicator of an economy's performance over time, as long as you are looking at overall rates of employment, unemployment, or underemployment.
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2012 @ 11:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Deatherage votes for majority of cuts, other five vote against
Published: Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 @ 5:33 pm
By: BCN
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