Mar 30, 2022
A Few Things to Believe 1951 was a troubling year for the planet. A flu epidemic was breaking out across the globe, causing an unusually high number of deaths in…
Feb 25, 2022
Bringing Back the Blue Light Special Just down the road from IEI’s offices at NC State sits a hulking slab of 60’s style concrete with a giant “K” on the side…
Jan 28, 2022
Responding to a Punch in the Face North Carolina’s educational attainment initiative, myFutureNC, is, and has been, in my opinion, the best organized, best imagined public policy initiative in our…
Dec 21, 2021
A Christmas Pivot Note: In our October Digest Word from the Director, Leslie looked at the state’s emerging workforce challenge through a traditional economic development lens. This month, as we…
Nov 23, 2021
Four Big Ideas to Reduce Food Insecurity in NC As we tuck in to our places at this year’s Thanksgiving table, it’s not a bad time to think about hunger…
Oct 29, 2021
Recovery Economy: The Best of Times; The Worst of Times At IEI these days, we’re spending a lot of time looking at tables and trendlines and econometric studies (more on…
Sep 29, 2021
5-4-3-2-1…Ignition! IEI prides itself on facing forward, looking around the corner to see what big challenges and opportunities are coming to North Carolina, then asking you what we can do…
Aug 30, 2021
From High Conflict to Good Conflict: In Praise of 50 Shades of Gray There are two kinds of people in this world: people who think there are two kinds of…
Jul 29, 2021
Faster, Higher, Stronger Public Policy — Together: Three Olympic Lessons on Public Policy It’s midway through the Olympics and already I am dehydrated and sleep-deprived. It happens every four years…
Jun 25, 2021
The Summer of Soar? Summertime and the living is… frenzied. At least if you work in local government. Cities and counties and school systems are still trying to find ways…