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Justice Circle North Carolina’s Poverty is Still 20 Percent Higher than Pre-Recession Levels
Prosperity Watch (Issue 56, No. 3) December 15, 2015 From the mountains to the coast, poverty retains a fierce grip on nearly 1.7 …
Publication Type: Prosperity Watch
Threats to Prosperity Abound as 2016 Begins
Prosperity Watch (Issue 57, No. 1) January 5, 2015 As we witness a parade of claims that North Carolina’s economy is the envy …
Stark Inequality Pervades, Cuts Across Tar Heel County Lines
Prosperity Watch (Issue 57, No. 2) January 12, 2016 Income inequality has risen sharply over the last several decades, both here in North …
School funding key to students’ economic prospects
Prosperity Watch (Issue 57, No. 3) January 22, 2016 Well-resourced schools can work economic wonders in the lives of individual students and entire …
Job scarcity and low wages keeping millions of North Carolinians in or near poverty
Prosperity Watch (Issue 57, No. 4) January 26, 2016 The path to economic opportunity and security in North Carolina needs weeding and repaving. …
Growth in North Carolina metro areas hasn’t increased inclusion
Prosperity Watch (Issue 58, No. 1) February 2, 2016 The Metro Monitor, a new tool from the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, …
The future of work is already here
Prosperity Watch (Issue 58, No. 2) February 9, 2016 This week, the Institute for Emerging Issues is hosting a discussion of FutureWork: how automation …
State EITC allows working North Carolinians keep more of what they earn, boosts economy
Prosperity Watch (Issue 58, No. 3) February 16, 2016 Low- and middle-income taxpayers in North Carolina pay a larger share of their income …
Middle-Class Living Standards Are Stalled in North Carolina
Prosperity Watch (Issue 58, No. 4) February 23, 2016 North Carolina’s off-kilter economy is keeping middle-class living standards out of reach for many, …
Economic Growth Leaving Many North Carolina Communities Behind
Prosperity Watch (Issue 59, No. 1) March 1, 2016 Far too many local communities in North Carolina, and nationally, are being left behind …