From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 775: Governments can erect harmful barriers to entry into various types of jobs. One tool designed to reduce or eliminate those barriers is the proposed Right to Earn a Living Act. Jon Sanders, John Locke Foundation director of regulatory studies, has been conducting…
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 775: The original political progressives pursued some particularly illiberal goals. That includes their widespread support for eugenics, which led to thousands of forced sterilizations in North Carolina and across the country. Thomas Leonard, research scholar at Princeton University, discusses progressives’ support for eugenics…
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 775: When you think of concepts linked to the U.S. Constitution, corruption might not be the first one that comes to mind. But professor Frank Buckley of George Mason University argues in his latest book that the Constitution was designed as an anti-corruption…
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 775: North Carolina government could help improve health care in the state by reforming the existing system of graduate medical education. That’s a recommendation from Katherine Restrepo, the John Locke Foundation’s director of health care policy. Restrepo explains GME’s important role and suggests…
North Carolina government could help improve health care in the state by reforming the existing system of graduate medical education. That’s a recommendation from Katherine Restrepo, the John Locke Foundation’s director of health care policy. Restrepo explains GME’s important role and suggests ideas for helpful changes. When you think of…
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 774: State education officials have released plenty of information in recent weeks about student performance in North Carolina’s public schools. Terry Stoops, the John Locke Foundation’s vice president for research, sifts through the data and highlights key findings. Stoops explains the significance of…
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 774: There’s no simple blueprint for advancing public policy goals. But John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood recently offered some ideas during a presentation for the Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C. Hood’s advice boiled down to four basic messages: dream big, start small;…
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 774: Most of us wonder what’s going to happen tomorrow, next week, or next year. Some look ahead five or 10 years. N.C. State University economist Michael Walden focuses even further in the future. Walden’s latest book projects North Carolina top challenges and…
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 774: The General Assembly continues to raise questions about negotiations that led Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers to set up a $57.8 million fund that would be controlled by Gov. Roy Cooper. Leading legislators have labeled the money a “slush fund” that seems to…
The General Assembly continues to raise questions about negotiations that led Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers to set up a $57.8 million fund that would be controlled by Gov. Roy Cooper. Leading legislators have labeled the money a “slush fund” that seems to violate constitutional rules about the use and oversight…
