“Economic development subsidies: What the record at home and abroad tells us about spending public dollars to grow private business.” A lot of people think they understand what works and what doesn’t in the field of economic incentives. Professor Kenneth Thomas of the University of Missouri at St. Louis is one of those rare [Continue Reading...]
“Economic development subsidies: What the record at home and abroad tells us about spending public dollars to grow private business.” A lot of people think they understand what works and what doesn’t in the field of economic incentives. Professor Kenneth Thomas of the University of Missouri at St. Louis is one of those [Continue Reading...]
“Economic development subsidies: What the record at home and abroad tells us about spending public dollars to grow private business.” A lot of people think they understand what works and what doesn’t in the field of economic incentives. Professor Kenneth Thomas of the University of Missouri at St. Louis is one of those [Continue Reading...]
The new national health care law: A look at how businesses and individuals are already benefiting and a preview of the big changes that are still to come. Do you think you really understand the new national health care law? If you’re like most people and could stand to gain a better grasp of [Continue Reading...]
The new national health care law: A look at how businesses and individuals are already benefiting and a preview of the big changes that are still to come. Do you think you really understand the new national health care law? If you’re like most people and could stand to gain a better grasp [Continue Reading...]
The time is now to modernize the state’s revenue system. The purpose of the revenue system is to fund investments in the public structures— schools, courts, hospitals, colleges and universities, and infrastructure—that are critical to building and preserving a strong middle class and a 21st century economy, but North Carolina’s outdated revenue system is failing the people of the state. [Continue Reading...]
Few public institutions have brought greater acclaim to the state of North Carolina or contributed more to general prosperity over the last century than its world class university system. Now, however, as state lawmakers contemplate a new and vastly reduced state budget for the upcoming biennium, the UNC system faces the greatest threat to its [Continue Reading...]
Few issues have drawn more attention and spawned more controversy during the early months of the 2011 session of the North Carolina General Assembly than the debate over charter schools. At this point, lawmakers seem poised to dramatically expand the state’s experiment with charters. Is this a good idea? What is the track record of [Continue Reading...]
Few issues have drawn more attention and spawned more controversy during the early months of the 2011 session of the North Carolina General Assembly than the debate over charter schools. At this point, lawmakers seem poised to dramatically expand the state’s experiment with charters. Is this a good idea? What is the track record of [Continue Reading...]
As most everyone is aware by now, the Comedy Central news team of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert is hosting a giant event in the nation's capital on Saturday October 30. The combination "Rally to Restore Sanity" / "March to Keep Fear Alive" is expected to bring as many as 100,000 people (or [Continue Reading...]
NC Policy Watch Crucial Conversation luncheon – July 29 – "Latino Children in North Carolina" Latino children make up the fastest growing segment of North Carolina's child population, jumping 34 percent in just three years. As the state's schools and other institutions incorporate this growing group of children and youth, it is important for policymakers, [Continue Reading...]
NC Policy Watch and the NC Justice Center’s Health Access Coalition invite you to a very special Crucial Conversation luncheon featuring Dr. William Roper. [Continue Reading...]
NC Policy Watch and the NC Justice Center invite you to a very special Crucial Conversation Luncheon featuring nationally recognized economist, author, and commentator, Dr. Heather Boushey of the Washington, DC-based Center for American Progress.
In August 2002, Dr. Dean Baker published a paper entitled "The Run-Up in Home Prices: Is It Real or Is It Another Bubble?" Using the simplest of economic measures — the relationship between the cost of renting and buying a house — Baker concluded that there was in fact a housing bubble. The inevitable correction [Continue Reading...]
On March 18, N.C. Policy Watch is proud to welcome Dr. Dean Baker to Raleigh to help us make sense of the current economic situation.
