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.
What is killing the American Dream?
Eric Levitz at New York Magazine claims the American Dream is being killed. He blames three policy decisions by which “we let” wages fall, prices climb, and the social contract…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online that the John Locke Foundation is taking part in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions. The Daily Journal urges a three-judge panel…
Now we see why Raleigh’s scooter monopolist can’t handle competition
How are things going for Gotcha, Raleigh's hand-picked scooter monopolist? The company just sent out a tweet. What's it say? Oh, dear.
Trump administration wants California to clean up its act … er, air
Brent Scher of the Washington Free Beacon details the latest dispute between the Trump administration and the Golden State. The Trump administration has warned the state of California that it…
National Review endorses plan to drop California auto waiver
Editors at National Review Online support the Trump administration’s approach to California auto emissions standards. The Trump administration is pushing ahead with a plan we endorsed previously. It will revoke…
The Constitution and Its Enemies
The title of this piece pays homage to Karl Popper’s great work of political philosophy, The Open Society and Its Enemies. Popper wrote the book during the Second World War in…
The Regulation Diet: How to Slim Down a State’s Regulatory Climate
This week, JLF’s Jon Sanders published a research brief on North Carolina’s regulatory climate. Sanders examines the annual page count of the North Carolina Register for 2019 (pictured above). According…
Some Ways for a Light, Lean, Sensible Regulatory Climate
One thing about the administrative state in North Carolina is that it carries on regardless of the party in power. Here’s a graph of the annual page counts in the…
Unintended consequences of California rent control
Chuck DeVore writes for Forbes about the likely impact of California’s latest rent-control regime. The main reason why California’s poverty rate has remained stubbornly high—proportionately 13% higher than Mississippi’s 16.1%…
Becki Gray Comments on ABC Privatization on After Spin!
This week, an installment of NCSPIN’s “After SPIN!” featured JLF’s Becki Gray. Becki spoke with the show’s host, Tom Campbell, and president of Raleigh-based consulting firm Campaign Connections, Brad Crone,…
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
North Carolina took another step toward cleaning up the state’s criminal code with the recent approval of Senate Bill 584. Mike Schietzelt explains the significance of the latest legislation for…
How Much of North Carolina’s Fiscal Future Is Controlled By the Feds?
Governors and state legislators have given away much of their ability to make policy over the last 30 years. Even as state government has grown in size and scope, it…