Jon Sanders, John Locke Foundation director of regulatory studies, discusses the motivation for his research into Carolina Cronyism. Sanders offered these comments during an Oct. 8, 2012, speech to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
Politics should be less important
It might sound odd to hear this from someone who’s been writing a syndicated column on politics for nearly four decades, but politics has become vastly more important in our lives than it should be. Virtually every decision we make in our ostensibly free society is now subject to review, refinement, and reversal by some...