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Justice Circle New Sales Tax Distribution Won’t Fix What Ails Rural North Carolina
Prosperity Watch (Issue 53, No. 4) September 22, 2015 Amidst a growing recognition that many local governments can’t invest sufficiently in their educational …
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Up to 105,000 unemployed childless adults in North Carolina would lose food aid in 2016 if legislators prohibit new waiver
Prosperity Watch (Issue 53, No. 5) September 28, 2015 North Carolina is the fifth hungriest state in the nation. Yet the state Senate …
North Carolina employment level remains below national average
Prosperity Watch (Issue 54, No. 1) October 13, 2015 North Carolina’s current job creation rate is slightly higher than the national average. But …
How we avoided another Great Depression
Prosperity Watch (Issue 54, No. 2) October 20, 2015 The Great Recession would have become the Great Depression 2.0 without the effective response …
Significant shift in how businesses are structured has contributed to income inequality
Prosperity Watch (Issue 54, No. 3) October 27, 2015 The way in which businesses are structured has changed dramatically over the last 30 …
North Carolina’s small towns and cities continue to experience weak labor markets
Prosperity Watch (Issue 55, No. 1) Nov. 3, 2015 As of September 2015, 22 of the state’s 25 smaller cities and towns known …
Worker Compensation in North Carolina Falling Behind
Prosperity Watch (Issue 55, No. 2) November 10, 2015 North Carolina workers are seeing less and less of the value they create. Workers …
North Carolina’s unemployment insurance system not ready for next downturn
Prosperity Watch (Issue 55, No. 3) November 17, 2015 The announcement last week that North Carolina’s unemployment insurance system has $1 billion in …
North Carolina’s job growth not sufficient to boost the economy
Prosperity Watch (Issue 56, No. 1) December 1, 2015 The latest labor market data show that North Carolina is not creating enough jobs …
When work fails to pay, the economy loses a key boost
Prosperity Watch (Issue 56, No. 2) December 8, 2015 For most of the twentieth century, a central idea remained at the heart of …