Introduction
The overall gross state product for North Carolina in 2010 was 424.9 billion U.S dollars. In the year 2011, the North Carolina’s labor force was about 4.5 million. The working populace in North Carolina is essentially employed across the key sectors of the employment. North Carolina is a key producer of furniture and textiles and leads the country in tobacco production. North Carolina grows 40 percent of United States tobacco. The state leads the nation in mineral resources production including mica, phosphate rock, feldspar, and lithium, among other important minerals. What’s more, the North Carolina’s Economy covers fifteen metropolitan regions. For this reason, this paper describes five sources that are crucial for anyone interested in knowing the economy of North Carolina.
Economics in North Carolina: Annotated bibliography
Cassill, Nancy L. State of the Union of the Textile Industry in North Carolina: Improving Global Market Competitiveness with Identification and Assistance of Core Competencies. Raleigh, N.C: NCSU, College of Textiles, 2006. Print.
Glass, Brent D, and Jerome E. Brooks. North Carolina Industry and Economic Activities Packet. Wendell, NC: Broadfoot's of Wendell, 2000.
Kasarda, John D., and James H. Johnson. The economic impact of the Hispanic population on the state of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, 2006.
North Carolina Economic Development Inventory. Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina General Assembly, Fiscal Research Division, 2008. Print.
The report lists and compiles the economic development incentives offered by North Carolina. This source describes two types of North Carolina economic development spending including support programs and direct incentives. The source describes direct incentives as the programs, which offer funds directly to a county or a company. According to the source, the support programs are the programs, which subsist to offer services to the companies or businesses considering expanding or locating to the state. Therefore, the source is very useful because it incorporates all the economic development incentives that North Carolina offers, and thus it provides valuable information about the economy of the state.
Walden, M L. North Carolina in the Connected Age: Challenges and Opportunities in a Globalizing Economy. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. Internet resource.
According to the source, the African Americans agency has remained absent from the historical record in its endeavor to forge the African Americans economic liberation through entrepreneurship and economic liberation. Therefore, the source provides a detailed study of the diversity, multiplicity, and continuity of the independent self- aid economic activities among the African Americans in North Carolina. The author analyzes various industries in North Carolina and their economic impacts. The source also talks about the concept of globalization and its economic impacts. The source is important for any individual interested in studying North Carolina economy since it provides detailed economic information about the state.
Works cited
Cassill, Nancy L. State of the Union of the Textile Industry in North Carolina: Improving Global Market Competitiveness with Identification and Assistance of Core Competencies. Raleigh, N.C: NCSU, College of Textiles, 2006. Print.
Glass, Brent D, and Jerome E. Brooks. North Carolina Industry and Economic Activities Packet. Wendell, NC: Broadfoot's of Wendell, 2000.
Kasarda, John D., and James H. Johnson. The economic impact of the Hispanic population on the state of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, 2006.
North Carolina Economic Development Inventory. Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina General Assembly, Fiscal Research Division, 2008. Print.
Walden, M L. North Carolina in the Connected Age: Challenges and Opportunities in a Globalizing Economy. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. Internet resource.
