John Locke Foundation: Prudent Policy / Impeccable Research - Volume CXCIV

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John Locke Foundation: Prudent Policy / Impeccable Research - Volume CXCIV

Published: Tuesday, October 25th, 2016 @ 9:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation ( More Entries )

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.

Expanding markets to cover items such as kidney sales

    No one bats an eye when we trade money for food or clothing. The situation changes if we talk about spending money to buy or sell a kidney.

    Georgetown University professor Jason Brennan argues in the book Markets Without Limits that kidney sales should be no less acceptable to society, especially when a kidney market would lead to more kidneys being available to save lives.

    Brennan shared key themes from the book during a presentation to the John Locke Foundation's Shaftesbury Society. In the video clip above, he spells out his basic argument.

    Click here to access video of the entire presentation.

JLF’s Terry Stoops compares N.C. traditional and charter school performance

Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of research and education studies, compares N.C. traditional and charter school performance on 2015-16 tests. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.

Carolina Journal’s Rick Henderson discusses N.C.’s $100 million subsidy for CSX hub

Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, explores North Carolina’s decision to award CSX $100 million for a new transit hub in Edgecombe County. Henderson offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.

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