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The booming economy and strong labor market allow Americans of all backgrounds to find work and succeed.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 @ 3:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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The answer is obvious. It's a minimum wage increase that prices competition out of the market while exempting companies with a unionized work force.
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2015 @ 4:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When governors and state legislatures make their economies freer - through tax relief, regulatory relief, and labor-market reforms - who stands to benefit?
Published: Monday, September 15th, 2014 @ 1:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The debate about recent economic growth in North Carolina has a peculiar dynamic. Democrats who think President Barack Obama's economic policies have succeeded are simultaneously claiming that the economic policies of North Carolina's legislature and Gov. Pat McCrory are failing. Republicans who...
Published: Thursday, June 12th, 2014 @ 3:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If all you know about North Carolina's recent economic performance is what you get from Twitter feeds, partisan press releases, or brief mentions on television newscasts, then much of what you "know" is flat wrong.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 7:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I know my advice is fated to be hated. I know it's hard to follow. But I'm going to offer it, anyway - again. Politicians and pundits across the ideological spectrum should avoid drawing sweeping conclusions from limited, preliminary data about North Carolina's labor market.
Published: Tuesday, April 1st, 2014 @ 5:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Gloom, despair, and agony on me," sang the corn-pone troubadours of "Hee Haw," TV's long-running variety show. "Deep, dark depression, excessive misery. If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. Gloom, despair, and agony on me."
Published: Monday, March 31st, 2014 @ 9:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Obama has announced that, through executive order, he will be changing the rules regarding which employees have to be given overtime pay for working more than 40 hours per week. Under current regulations, all hourly employees who work more than 40 hours must be paid...
Published: Friday, March 28th, 2014 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last Friday, some 44,000 discouraged North Carolina workers suddenly disappeared... Relax. It's not as mysterious and tragic as it sounds. What happened was that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its long-awaited revision of five years of household-employment data for North Carolina...
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 2:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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