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During 2018, North Carolina lost some 338,000 private-sector jobs, or 9.1 percent of the total. Did you happen to notice this economic catastrophe?
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2019 @ 9:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With a headline unemployment rate of 4 percent and a healthy 2.8 percent jump in inflation-adjusted median household income last year, North Carolinians are better off economically than they have been in many years.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2019 @ 1:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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There has always been a robust political debate between advocates of free trade and advocates of manipulating the terms of trade to protect special interests
Published: Sunday, December 30th, 2018 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's labor market ended 2016 on a strong note. Total employment in the state hit 4,360,200 jobs in December, up two percent from the December 2015 figure
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2017 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NC Public Schools Are Not Internationally Competitive
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 @ 12:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's economy continues to outperform the national and regional averages - which is one reason why, the results of the gubernatorial election notwithstanding, the state's policy fundamentals are unlikely to change in the foreseeable future
Published: Thursday, December 15th, 2016 @ 1:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrats and liberal commentators have been loudly and gleefully attacking Donald Trump and his campaign operatives for getting their chronologies wrong
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2016 @ 9:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last month, the National Education Association released "Rankings of the States 2015 and Estimates of School Statistics 2016." "Rankings and Estimates" is a useful publication for its per pupil expenditure and teacher pay rankings
Published: Sunday, June 5th, 2016 @ 2:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When it comes to economic growth, North Carolina is one of the Magnificent Seven
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 @ 2:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2012, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) assessed the problem solving skills of a representative sample of 85,000 15-year-olds worldwide, including 1,273 from the United States.
Published: Sunday, April 27th, 2014 @ 9:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Parents and taxpayers continue to ask questions about new Common Core standards as they are implemented in North Carolina's public schools. Five months after releasing a question-and-answer primer on Common Core, the John Locke Foundation recently released a revised, expanded version of that...
Published: Monday, October 14th, 2013 @ 11:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In education policy, America sticks out like a sore thumb when compared with our international competitors.
Published: Monday, April 1st, 2013 @ 1:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Along with most other states, North Carolina is in the process of adopting new Common Core national standards for reading and mathematics. The good news is that the Common Core is much better than North Carolina's previously reading and math standards.
Published: Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 @ 2:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If I stipulate right off the bat that the American health care system is overly expensive, needlessly bureaucratic, and doesn't consistently generate outcomes for patients that justify its costs, will you keep an open mind about why these conditions exist?
Published: Monday, August 6th, 2012 @ 11:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public schooling is the state's single largest, and arguably most important, expenditure. More than one-third of North Carolina's new $20.2 billion General Fund budget is set aside for K-12 education.
Published: Saturday, August 4th, 2012 @ 11:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In my new book Our Best Foot Forward, I analyze the economic challenges facing North Carolina and offer a 10-point plan to promote economic growth across the state.
Published: Saturday, June 16th, 2012 @ 12:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Have there been some "funny things" going on around the White House lately?? All of a sudden the Prez has been talking about the virtues of free trade.
Published: Sunday, November 27th, 2011 @ 7:47 am
By: Jim Bispo
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