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

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

Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2017 @ 5:02 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.

State Treasurer Dale Folwell discusses unfunded N.C. government liabilities

N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell explains the long-term liabilities linked to state pension and health benefits for government retirees. Folwell offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.

JLF’s Jon Pritchett discusses activist CEOs and shareholder value

Jon Pritchett, John Locke Foundation senior vice president, discusses his recent Wall Street Journal column with Duke professor Ed Tiryakian about the impact of politically active corporate CEOs on shareholder value. Pritchett offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.

Duke’s Munger labels Locke first ‘modern’ economist

    The 17th-century British philosopher John Locke is known for his major political influence on the American Founders. He’s less known as an early advocate of principles that have become part of modern economics.

    In commemoration of Locke’s 385th birthday, Duke University professor Michael Munger highlighted Locke’s economic thought during a presentation Monday for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.

    Munger also applied Locke’s ideas to the modern debate over price-gouging laws.

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