Oct 19, 2010
Most everybody knows that the cost of college tuition is increasing, while the payoffs for post-secondary credentials and degrees are still high. Advocacy efforts to create and expand children’s savings accounts, grants and loans of all types, tax credits, scholarships, and stipends abound. Many of these show definite promise, as a method of funding one’s children’s initial post-secondary education, both equitably and efficiently. There is also a need for reconsidering how best to target the aid to help those that truly need the assistance, as well as decreasing the complexity of the applications process and forms for the average American.
Oct 4, 2010
How quickly things change. A few years ago (and continuing to this day), there were an avalanche of books about the wily economist who could cut through the bull and overturn common sense, regarding the workings of the economy and the reflections and choices of “Economic Man.” Titles included: Freakonomics, The Logic of Life, Why Economics Explains Almost Everything, The Soulful Science, to name just a few.
Sep 13, 2010
These are tough times for the jobless. The recovery is weak and is not generating enough jobs so far. What are we to do to address our citizens' employment worries and realities?
Jun 21, 2010
There is no "paint-by-the-numbers" way to create jobs. One cannot look up the answer by consulting the index of some cookbook and following a simple recipe.
Jun 9, 2010
How do we plan for the next economic downturn? It may seem a trifle premature to be tackling this task. After all, the North Carolina economy is just beginning to start its recovery from the Great Recession. And if the current European slump remains under control, we should be able to count on a sustained, if slow and uneven, economic upturn for some time.
May 21, 2010
Like a lot of people, I am a big fan of the television show, "Dirty Jobs," on the Discovery Cable Network. Every week, the show's host goes out for a day and works at an always challenging, sometimes disgusting and often dangerous job.
Apr 6, 2010
There's a familiar story that many of us have come to passively accept in recent years about rural North Carolina. You know how this goes: It holds that time has passed these areas by; that they are beyond repair and without hope; and that anyone working on intentional solutions to improve these communities is a naïve dreamer.
Mar 11, 2010
Though it was penned nearly half a century ago in support of a losing candidate, many Americans are still familiar with the phrase, authored by speechwriter, Karl Hess, for presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater, which stated: “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.”
Dec 2, 2009
Now, there is the fundamental question. Do they work?
What Are The Costs And Benefits Of Using Incentives To Attract Business?
Benefits
Particularly from the perspective of a state or local economy, there are a number of benefits from using tax and non-tax incentives to attract businesses.
Nov 22, 2009
The Obama Administration already has a remarkably full plate -- health care reform, cap-and-trade climate legislation, financial regulation, immigration policy, et cetera, et cetera. And that's just on the domestic policy front.
Nov 9, 2009
The monetarists thought that he and his school of economic policy and thought were dead, buried by stagflation in the eighties and the emergence of supply side economics during the Reagan and Thatcher administrations. But there seems to be renewed life in the old boy and his disciples.
Oct 15, 2009
A consulting buddy of mine used to say that "there are three modes of existence in life and in economic development - you can flourish, cope or die."
Oct 13, 2009
A consulting buddy of mine used to say that "there are three modes of existence in life and in economic development - you can flourish, cope or die."
Oct 13, 2009
A consulting buddy of mine used to say that "there are three modes of existence in life and in economic development - you can flourish, cope or die."
Jul 16, 2009
Ever since the global capitalist system almost collapsed when Bank of America quaked and Lehman Brothers went under, there has been no shortage of worthwhile books, articles, and pamphlets. Indeed, there has been a virtual deluge of reform prescriptions.
Jul 12, 2009
In my previous article, “In Appreciation of William Vickrey,” I told the story of Vickrey’s dedication to the goal of widened opportunities and presented a few of the elements of his policy agenda for providing livable wage jobs for all Americans. However, I did not present many specifics on how this would work on the ground. For this entry, I would like to provide detail about a more current full employment proposal by Vickrey “disciple,” economist L. Randall Wray.
Apr 9, 2009
It may be true that nonprofits attract executive directors and staff who find something lacking in working for a firm in the private sector. And it is also generally the case that the management side of running a nonprofit is not beloved by most who aspire to make a difference in the not-for-profit world. It's the content that attracts them, not the administration.
Apr 9, 2009
An expert explains why, now more than ever, we need a new approach to job creation and retention
Dec 16, 2008
December 16, 2008, Raleigh, NC -- Bill Schweke, CFED’s Vice President for Learning and Innovation today presented the results of two CFED economic studies at a meeting of the North Carolina General Assembly’s Joint Select Committee on Economic Development Incentives. Schweke, along with CFED researchers Frank DiSilvestro, and Brian Turner raise a number of serious new questions about the wisdom and efficacy of North Carolina’s costly commitment to state and local business incentives.
Dec 15, 2008
NC Policy Watch is delighted to make available two new and special reports today from our friends at the North Carolina office of the national policy think tank CFED. Together, the reports raise a number of serious new questions about the wisdom and efficacy of North Carolina’s costly commitment to state and local business incentives.
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