——————————————————————————– Carolina Journal Exclusives Hard to Reproduce Game Plan of RTP Founders Unique confluence of time and place made RTP possible By Jay Schalin February 10, 2011 RALEIGH — Perhaps North Carolina’s history should be dated “B.T.” and “A.T.” — Before the Triangle and After the Triangle. In the early 1950s, when Research Triangle Park […]
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FEBRUARY 5, 2011 Listening to the Shale Revolution Often the only ‘reform’ needed is a plan to remove obstacles to innovation. By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. With turmoil in the Middle East comes the inevitable spike in oil prices, topping $90 this week. Look for energy security to make one of its recurrent runs to
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February 4, 2011 Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere By Victor Davis Hanson The 2008 financial crash originated with a housing bubble. Not long ago, the cheap money policies of the Federal Reserve, the infusion of trillions of dollars in new foreign investment, and the misguided policies of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae all conspired to extend to
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FEBRUARY 3, 2011 Technologies with goofy names like Twitter and Facebook are replacing political stability with a state of permanent instability. By DANIEL HENNINGER ‘Stability” has been the goal of civilized foreign policy since the dawn of the Cold War and arguably since the Congress of Vienna, which posited a framework for international relations in
JANUARY 31, 2011, 7:36 P.M. ET Don’t Just Cut Government, Reinvent It Across-the-board reductions will not improve efficiency. By LOUIS V. GERSTNER JR. The hottest topic in Washington, D.C., and many state capitals is cutting the cost and size of government. Understandably so—we are living way beyond our means, and the future of our nation
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January 31, 2011 The Greedy Bastards Paradox Bogie If we accept President Obama’s economic arguments, his State of the Union address was most remarkable in the aftermath, when nothing happened. For the sake of argument, let’s agree with the President that the winning ticket of the global economic lottery will be investment in renewable energy,
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JANUARY 27, 2011 Congress’s inquiry commission is offering a simplistic narrative that could lead to the wrong policy reforms. By BILL THOMAS,KEITH HENNESSEY AND DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN Today, six members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission—created by the last Congress to investigate the causes of the financial crisis—are releasing their final report. Although the three of
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WALL STREET JOURNAL JANUARY 27, 2011 Milton Friedman warned that government spending cancels out higher-return private investment. By STEPHEN MOORE Words matter in politics, which is why the federal government no longer “spends” (and wastes) money, but rather “invests” it. According to Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, nearly every penny of the $2.5
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THE NEXT DECADE by George Friedman Published: January 2011 Synopsis The author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Next 100 Years now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the next decade and the imminent events and challenges that will test America and the world, specifically addressing the skills that will be required
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