Regardless of the election results, on Wednesday all of us at the John Locke Foundation will come to work with the same goal we’ve had since the doors opened in 1990: Restraining government to its core, constitutional functions and enacting policies that expand freedom and opportunity for North Carolinians. Here are two priorities for the...
The John Locke Foundation touts the benefits of freedom during its first candidate education forum of the 2016 election season. The Jan. 8, 2016, forum in Raleigh features remarks from: Becki Gray, JLF vice president for outreach; Kory Swanson, JLF president and CEO; Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal managing editor; and Terry Stoops, JLF director of...
Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation vice president for outreach, discusses the role of freedom in N.C. public policy. Gray offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 659).
North Carolina's elected leaders took more steps in 2015 to help make the Tar Heel State First in Freedom.
Dr. Joseph Connors, assistant professor of economics at Saint Leo University, explains the importance of economic freedom. Connors offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 650).
Economist John B. Taylor of Stanford University and the Hoover Institution explains how a return to basic economic “first principles” — predictable policies, rule of law, strong incentives, reliance on markets, limited government — can boost American economic growth and prosperity. Taylor offered these comments during the Sept. 30, 2015, John W. Pope Lecture at...
Dr. Edward Lopez, professor of economics and BB&T professor of capitalism at Western Carolina University, discusses Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman’s early support for school vouchers. Lopez offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 641).
Fox News contributors Guy Benson and Mary Katharine Ham share themes from their book, End Of Discussion, during an Aug. 10, 2015, John Locke Foundation Headliner luncheon. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
Dr. Derek Yonai, associate professor of economics and director of the Center for Free Enterprise at Florida Southern College, highlights key benefits of economic freedom. Yonai offered these comments during a July 20, 2015, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
RALEIGH — Freedom plays a critical role in boosting economic growth and personal income, including the incomes of the poorest members of society. But business schools do a poor job teaching the benefits of free enterprise. Dr. Derek Yonai shared that assessment Monday with the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
Casey Lartigue of Freedom Factory and North Korean refugee Cherie Yang discuss Yang’s story of escaping from the Hermit Kingdom. Lartigue and Yang offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 629).
