Check out this great piece by my friend Frederic Sautet on failed incentives in Tennessee-Max Borders ... Keep Reading
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Goodyear: What’s Dumb about the Incentives
I'm surprised that virtually no one (with the exception of the Locke Foundation) has bothered to explain why the Goodyear economic incentive is so goofy in economic terms: Let's ... Keep Reading
Quick! Someone get out the checkbook!
The Charlotte Observer reports that Windstream Communications is planning on cutting 150 jobs in Concord. Someone call the General Assembly, let's get an incentive package together ... Keep Reading
Oops, wrong button…
Over the weekend, the battle over the Goodyear incentive package has heated up. With the Governor's veto and impending special session to override or sustain his veto, the ... Keep Reading
Easley: Do One Good Thing Before You Go
After all that Easley has wrought, he might actually do something right. ... Keep Reading
Renewable Energy: Moore Invites Pigs to Trough
Here's one of gubernatorial candidate Richard Moore's "fresh ideas" for North Carolina: Renewable energy as "cash crop". I've explained why this is a bad idea ... Keep Reading
Two Types of Special Interests: Parasites vs. Traders
One type of special interests (parasites) pushes regulation/legislation to increase their profits. That's because their competitors suffer in the regulatory environment--or, they ... Keep Reading
Climate Change: Vicious & Venomous
It's astounding that a rent-seeking parasite like the President of ACORE thinks he can get away with what he wrote to Marlo Lewis, Jr. of CEI -- a known skeptic about anthropogenic ... Keep Reading
Burning Food, Expensive Beer
More evidence (hat tip, Inner Banks Eagle) of ethanol subsidies driving up the costs of food and drink. And beer! Not the beer! -MB ... Keep Reading
Smoked Out
The Charlotte Observer says Phillip Morris's departure from the Charlotte area is a "downside of globalization." Perhaps. But its also an indication that the government's ... Keep Reading
