Month: June 2023
Happy Saturday morning. With two named storms already targeting the western Atlantic, this is an opportune time to look at the state of disaster recovery policy. In short, it’s a disaster in and of itself. Yes, the Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Florence recovery effort led by Gov. Roy Cooper is especially slow. But under the current system, no recovery…
Read MoreHappy Saturday, and thank you for joining us. Every summer, economic development watchers await the crown jewel of state business rankings: CNBC’s Top States for Business. The media outlet scores all 50 states on 88 metrics broken into 10 categories. The value of a favorable ranking is potentially worth tens of millions of dollars to…
Read MoreHappy Saturday. Thank you for tuning in. We’re nearly six months into the new term of North Carolina’s Supreme Court. Democracy hasn’t devolved into fascism as the doomsdayers warned. But the high court has sent down impactful decisions on hot political cases. Proponents argue the court rectified egregious misapplications of the law handed down in the waning days…
Read MoreHello this Saturday morning. Thank you for joining us. A year ago in a piece titled The Purpose of Business, we asked, “To what end do companies exist – to earn profits or to use their power to mold society?” Stakeholder capitalism had arguably reached a crescendo, just two years after industry titans in 2020 formalized…
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