Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Regulation
Government regulations typically restrict people’s behaviors and choices– causing economic damage, especially to society’s vulnerable who can least afford to comply. Locke works to deregulate and support innovation and growth.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Probing the cost of a Biden gun tax
Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon explores the potential price tag of one of Joe Biden’s stated policy goals. American gun owners could face tens of billions of dollars…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online that Gov. Roy Cooper is not yet pushing North Carolina to a state of greater COVID-19 lockdown. John Hood’s Daily Journal highlights good…
Regulation
Beware the return of heavy-handed bureaucracy
Matthew Continetti writes at the Washington Free Beacon about one unwelcome change associated with a Joe Biden administration. Barack Obama had a nickname for the highly credentialed economists who surrounded…
Energy
Make appliances great again (and keep them that way)!
At the Reason blog, Sam Rutzick reports: In October, Trump’s Department of Energy finalized a rule establishing a new product class for residential dishwashers that will have a normal cycle…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Looking on the bright side: a 2020 election dialogue
My level of anxiety increased steadily throughout the summer as each morning brought news of more violent protests in cities across the country and as the Democrats pursued their relentless…
Law & Public Safety
“Firearms and Violence Under Jim Crow”
That’s the title of a new paper by Clemson economists Michael D. Makowsky and Patrick L. Warren. From the Abstract: We assess firearm access in the U.S. South by measuring…
Health Care
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on Gov. Roy Cooper’s reinstatement of COVID-19 restrictions, along with criticism from State Treasurer Dale Folwell. John Hood’s Daily Journal urges Cooper to…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Are Gov. Cooper’s Executive Orders having devastating health effects?
Lives are at stake. Are Gov. Cooper's lockdowns, business shutdowns and partial shutdowns, social-distancing policies, gathering bans, and myriad other restrictions on people, places, and events having devastating health effects…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
JLF Submits Public Comments on Proposal for Harmful Business Rules
“Adding more and more red tape to an economy is like adding more and more bricks to the trunk of your car. Over time the engine loses fuel efficiency, the car can’t…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
NBER Study Finds Occupational Licensing Laws Inhibit Labor Mobility
The paper, “Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Fluidity,” was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Here are some highlights from the authors’ summary of their findings: We use public…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Why are the Democratic Party’s lawyers trying to stop a county election board from following the law?
The Democrats' lawyers admit those ballots that were possessed by “someone who was not authorized to possess the ballot” — a clear violation of the law, and a Class I…
Research Brief
Regulation
Is Fraud More Likely with Brinson Bell in Charge of the Elections Board?
Each election cycle we all wonder if voter fraud is really a problem. For years we have been assured that voter fraud is difficult and is a punishable offense. Under…