John Locke Foundation: Prudent Policy / Impeccable Research - Volume CLXXX | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's note: We want our readers to understand that there is wise policy afoot here in North Carolina, and to that end, we offer these excellent videos from our associates, in prudent policy research, at the John Locke Foundation.

    We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.


Much of N.C.’s past economic success was tied to private-sector ‘crowdfunding’



    Though the term "crowdfunding" is relatively new, a similar phenomenon led by the private sector helped spur massive growth in the North Carolina economy more than a century ago. That was a key message the director of UNC's Center for Competitive Economies shared Monday with the John Locke Foundation's Shaftesbury Society.

    Brent Lane says late 19th-century growth in North Carolina depended in large part on capital pooled together from many small investors. In the video clip above, he says that economic history offers lessons for today's policymakers.

    Click here to access video of the full presentation.


JLF’s Jon Sanders discusses natural gas and N.C.’s renewable energy mandate



Jon Sanders, John Locke Foundation director of regulatory studies, explains how North Carolina’s renewable energy mandate interacts with the conflicting environmental benefits of natural gas. Sanders offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.


JLF’s Becki Gray discusses N.C. budget’s increased rainy-day savings



Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation vice president for outreach, discusses the 2016-17 N.C. state budget’s increased funding of the state’s rainy-day reserve fund. Gray offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.

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