You Decide by Mike Walden

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2009

Nov.	13	YOU DECIDE: Where's the N.C. economy headed?
Oct.	30	YOU DECIDE: What really caused the recession?
Oct.	16	YOU DECIDE: Should you worry about Social Security?
Oct.	2	YOU DECIDE: Are both recessions over?
Sept.	18	YOU DECIDE: Will the national debt sink us?
Sept.	7	YOU DECIDE: Should you care about Bernanke's reappointment?
Aug.	21	YOU DECIDE: Can economics help in the health care debate?
Aug.	7	YOU DECIDE: Should the Fed be changed?
July	24	YOU DECIDE: HOW CAN THE BUDGET GAP BE CLOSED?
July	10	YOU DECIDE: WHEN IS REGULATION RIGHT?
June	26	YOU DECIDE: WHAT WILL THE RECOVERY LOOK LIKE?
June	12	YOU DECIDE: WHAT'S BEHIND 'CAP AND TRADE?'
May	29	YOU DECIDE: WHY ARE WE FINALLY SAVING MORE?
May	15	YOU DECIDE: IS THE ECONOMY GETTING BETTER?
May	1	YOU DECIDE: DOES THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TELL US EVERYTHING?
April	17	YOU DECIDE: WHY IS NORTH CAROLINA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE SO HIGH?
April	3	YOU DECIDE: IS A BIG FINANCIAL SHIFT COMING?
March	20	YOU DECIDE: IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO BUDGET?
March	6	YOU DECIDE: IS THERE HOPE FOR HOUSING?
Feb.	20	YOU DECIDE: WHERE WILL RURAL COUNTIES FIND JOBS?
Feb.	6	YOU DECIDE: WILL THE STIMULUS PLAN WORK?
Jan.	23	YOU DECIDE: SHOULD WE TAKE THE 'BIG TRADEOFF'?
Jan.	9	YOU DECIDE: SHOULD YOU HOPE FOR DEFLATION?

2008

Dec.	12	YOU DECIDE: ARE WE NOW LOOKING AT OUR HOMES DIFFERENTLY?
Nov.	28	YOU DECIDE: IS NORTH CAROLINA IN A RECESSION?
Nov.	12	YOU DECIDE: CAN NEW LEADERS LEAD TO A NEW ECONOMY?
Oct.	31	YOU DECIDE: CAN GOVERNMENT STEER THE ECONOMIC SHIP?
Oct.	17	YOU DECIDE: WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM THE FINANCIAL MELTDOWN?
Oct.	3	YOU DECIDE: ARE THERE ANSWERS TO THE BAILOUT QUESTIONS?
Sept.	19	YOU DECIDE: WHAT DETERMINES WHAT YOU EARN?
Sept.	8	YOU DECIDE: WHEN WILL THE HOUSING CRUNCH END?
Aug.	22	YOU DECIDE: SHOULD YOU KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES OR YOURSELF?
Aug.	8	YOU DECIDE: WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FACING NORTH CAROLINA'S COUNTIES?
July	25	YOU DECIDE: CAN CONSUMERS MAKE GAS PRICES FALL?
July	11	YOU DECIDE: IF IT CAN BE DONE, SHOULD IT BE DONE?
June	26	YOU DECIDE: WILL EDUCATION ALWAYS PAY OFF?
June	13	YOU DECIDE: WILL OUR DRIVING HABITS PERMANENTLY CHANGE?
May	30	YOU DECIDE: HOW CAN YOU COPE WITH LESS?
May	16	YOU DECIDE: IS REAL INFLATION BEING HIDDEN?
May	2	YOU DECIDE: WILL N.C. DO BETTER IN THE RECESSION?
April	18	YOU DECIDE: ARE BANKS DIFFERENT?
April	4	YOU DECIDE: WAS THIS A 'WIN-WIN' FOR GOVERNMENT?
March	21	YOU DECIDE: IS IT EASY TO MEASURE PROGRESS?
March	7	YOU DECIDE: IS WASTE RELATIVE?
Feb.	22	YOU DECIDE: HOW CAN YOU JUDGE GROWTH?
Feb.	8	YOU DECIDE: CAN GOVERNMENT WASTE EASILY BE CUT?
Jan.	25	YOU DECIDE: SHOULD YOU FEAR A RECESSION?
Jan.	11	YOU DECIDE: ARE WE OVERWHELMED BY DEBT?

2007

Dec.	28	YOU DECIDE: SHOULD COUNTIES BUILD ROADS?
Dec.	14	YOU DECIDE: ARE THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE FREE?
Nov.	30	YOU DECIDE: WHAT'S BEHIND THE LOWER DOLLAR?
Nov.	16	YOU DECIDE: WHAT DRIVES HEALTH CARE PLANS?
Nov.	9	YOU DECIDE: CAN ECONOMICS HELP US CONSERVE WATER?
Oct.	19	YOU DECIDE: HOW DO WE GET THE PRICE RIGHT?
Oct.	5	YOU DECIDE: CAN AGE EXPLAIN THE STOCK MARKET?
Sept.	21	YOU DECIDE: ARE WE IN A RECESSION?
Sept.	7	YOU DECIDE: IS THERE A LAND TRANSFER TAX IN YOUR FUTURE?
Aug.	24	YOU DECIDE: WHAT'S BEHIND THE STOCK MARKET TURMOIL?
Aug.	10	YOU DECIDE: HOW 'ELASTIC' ARE LOTTERY SALES?
July	27	YOU DECIDE: WHERE WILL THE JOBS BE?
July	14	YOU DECIDE: HOW IS NORTH CAROLINA'S ECONOMY CHANGING?
June	29	YOU DECIDE: IS HOMEOWNERSHIP STILL A WISE MOVE?
June	14	YOU DECIDE: IS INFLATION OUT OF CONTROL?
June	1	YOU DECIDE: IS HIGHER EDUCATION STILL AFFORDABLE IN NORTH CAROLINA?
May	16	YOU DECIDE: ARE WE MOVING FAST ENOUGH ON TRANSPORTATION?
May	4	YOU DECIDE: WHY DO WE OFTEN PAY DIFFERENT PRICES?
April	20	YOU DECIDE: CAN ECONOMICS SOLVE POLLUTION?
April	6	YOU DECIDE: WHY MUST WE PAY INTEREST CHARGES?
March	23	YOU DECIDE: DO YOU WANT YOUR HOME'S VALUE TO RISE?
March	8	YOU DECIDE: WHAT SHOULD YOU DO ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET?
Feb.	26	YOU DECIDE: WHAT MAKES NORTH CAROLINA'S ECONOMIES TICK?
Feb.	9	YOU DECIDE: IS ECONOMICS SABOTAGING ALTERNATIVE FUELS?
Jan.	26	YOU DECIDE: WHAT DID MILTON FRIEDMAN TEACH US?
Jan.	12	YOU DECIDE: HOW CAN YOU BETTER UNDESTAND THE ECONOMY?
Jan.	5	YOU DECIDE: DO WE LIVE BY ECONOMIC CYCLES?

2006

Dec.	15	YOU DECIDE: WHAT SHOULD WE WISH FOR NORTH CAROLINA'S ECONOMY?
Dec.	1	YOU DECIDE: IS MANUFACTURING STILL ALIVE?
Nov.	17	YOU DECIDE: WHAT'S NORTH CAROLINA'S TAX BURDEN?
Nov.	3	YOU DECIDE: WHO'S WINNING THE ECONOMIC RACE IN NORTH CAROLINA?
Oct.	20	YOU DECIDE: IS TAX AND REBATE THE PATH TO ENERGY INDEPENDENCE?
Oct.	6	YOU DECIDE: ARE THERE SPEEDY ANSWERS TO TODAY'S ECONOMIC QUESTIONS?
Sept.	22	YOU DECIDE: WHAT'S BEHIND THE GOOD NEWS ON GAS PRICES?
Sept.	11	YOU DECIDE: ARE WE LOSING THE MIDDLE CLASS?
Aug.	25	YOU DECIDE: HOW CAN YOU AVOID OUTLIVING YOUR INCOME?
Aug.	11	YOU DECIDE: WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM ECONOMICS?
July	28	YOU DECIDE: IS NORTH CAROLINA READY FOR A TAX REVOLUTION?
July	14	YOU DECIDE: SUMMER'S HERE; WILL GAS PRICES SKYROCKET?
June	30	YOU DECIDE: WHY FEAR INFLATION?
June	16	YOU DECIDE: WHERE DID THE SURPLUS COME FROM?
June	2	YOU DECIDE: WILL 'STAGFLATION' RETURN?
May	19	YOU DECIDE: WHAT'S THE BEST MIX OF LOCAL TAXES?
May	5	YOU DECIDE: CAN ECONOMICS EXPLAIN GAS PRICES?
April	21	YOU DECIDE: WHAT'S A TAX INCREASE?
April	7	YOU DECIDE: SHOULD EVERYONE GET A $10,000 CHECK?
March	24	YOU DECIDE: WHAT'S NORTH CAROLINA'S COMPETITIVE EDGE?
March	10	YOU DECIDE: CAN WE EASILY END OUR ADDICTION TO OIL?
Feb.	24	YOU DECIDE: IS IT TIME TO SHAKE UP STATE'S TAXES?
Feb.	19	YOU DECIDE: WHAT'S IN A WORD?
Jan.	27	YOU DECIDE: WHY IS EDUCATION IMPORTANT?
Jan.	13	YOU DECIDE: WHAT CAUSES ECONOMIC GROWTH?
Jan.	6	YOU DECIDE: SHOULD YOU FOLLOW THE YIELD CURVE?

2005

Dec.	9	YOU DECIDE: WHAT TAX TRADEOFFS WOULD YOU ACCEPT?
Dec.	2	YOU DECIDE: DOES ANYTHING STAY THE SAME IN ECONOMICS?
Nov.	4	YOU DECIDE: ARE YOU CONNECTED?
Oct.	21	YOU DECIDE: WILL GAS PRICES SPARK AN INFLATION EXPLOSION?
Oct.	7	YOU DECIDE: HOW SHOULD WE PAY FOR KATRINA AND RITA?
Sept.	23	YOU DECIDE: DOES IT MATTER WHO HEADS THE FED?
Sept.	9	YOU DECIDE: IS THERE ANY GOOD NEWS ON PRICES?
August	26	YOU DECIDE: WHAT WILL RETIREMENT MEAN?
August	18	YOU DECIDE: DO WE NEED HELP TO CONSERVE ENERGY?
July	28	YOU DECIDE: ARE WE RUNNING OUT OF OIL?
July	15	YOU DECIDE: SHOULD WE WORRY ABOUT OR WELCOME TRADE WITH CHINA?
July	1	YOU DECIDE: WHAT'S GOING ON WITH INTEREST RATES?
June	24	YOU DECIDE: WHERE SHOULD WE LIVE?
June	2	CAN INDEXING RESCUE SOCIAL SECURITY?
May	17	ARE THERE LOGICAL REASONS FOR USING DEBT?
April	27	FROM HERE TO WHERE
April	6	WHAT'S INFLATION'S REAL CAUSE?
March	23	SHOULD WE FOLLOW OUR HEART OR OUR HEAD IN PUBLIC HELP?
March	11	WHAT'S REALLY DRIVING OUR ECONOMY?
Feb.	11	WHAT'S DRIVING HEALTH CARE COSTS, AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?
Jan.	14	WHAT CAN YOU BELIEVE ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM?

Dr. Mike Walden is a William Neal Reynolds professor and Extension economist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics of North Carolina State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Dr. Walden also deals with the state's latest economic news on Economic Perspective, a radio show, which is available on the Web in audio.