This is an outcome civil society should encourage. And one of the best ways for them to do so is to find work. Unfortunately, for too many professions, especially in North Carolina, it's an outcome that occupational licensing boards have made unreasonably difficult.
Bradbury's findings would mean the rebate North Carolina is offering is two-and-a-half times greater than we would need — if our program were only about boosting the film industry here. Since it's about boosting the overall state economy? We need to get rid of it altogether as an ultimately ineffective ploy.
New research from Kennesaw State University economist John Charles Bradbury finds "little evidence" that movie production incentives help state economies.
David French writes in The New York Times about the social-media platforms' coordinated action this week to remove Alex Jones and Infowars from their sites. French begins by acknowledging the obvious.
The new law would allow states to use federal education funds to identify and examine licenses or certifications that "pose an unwarranted barrier to entry into the workforce."
