Entrepreneurship

Each time (nine so far) Cooper has announced an extension or tightening of his original mask order, the average daily case numbers have been higher than they were when he originally leveled the order.

Among the North Carolina businesses hardest hit by Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 shutdowns are bars, taverns, and distillers. Very few customers means very little — if any — revenue to pay the bills and the employees. For some, it’s the end of the line. Others are suing to…

The paper, “Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Fluidity,” was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Here are some highlights from the authors’ summary of their findings: We use public individual level survey data from the Current Population Survey and the Survey of Income and Program…

Since June the dominant feature of Cooper's orders to "fight" COVID-19 continues to be the mask order. He has made only cosmetic changes to his orders for shutdowns and partial-to-mostly shutdowns. Freer societies are witnessing better results than this.

All considered, over 99.7% of people in NC pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone.

For those disinclined to be ruled by fear and unwilling to join in glaring at their fellow citizens suspiciously as if they are germ-ridden disease vectors, especially if they look hale and fit, here's the weekly update on how virus-free your fellow North Carolinians are.

I follow real estate agent Michelle Vega on Facebook, and this post appeared on my feed yesterday.  I love it.  Marlon is an entrepreneur who worked hard and earned enough money to snag this lovely home. So, no, there is no shame in wearing work clothes in this photo. …

All considered, 99.75% of people in NC pose no threat to anyone of passing along a virus most have never had or the rest have recovered from.