Suggested Resources | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's note: Agenda 2012 is the John Locke Foundation's charge to make known their wise political agenda to voters, and most especially candidates, with our thirty-sixth and final instalment being "Suggested Resources," written by Jon Sanders, Director of Regulatory Studies at the John Locke Foundation. The first installment was the "Introduction" published here.

Budget, Taxation, and the Economy

   • Arthur Laffer, Stephen Moore, and Jonathan Williams, "Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer Economic Competitiveness Index," American Legislative Exchange Council Fifth Edition, 2012, alec.org/publications/rich-states-poor-states

   • Sheila Weinberg, "The Financial State of North Carolina," Institute for Truth in Accounting Financial State of the States, June 2012, truthinaccounting.org/national_reports/index.asp?RepStates=36

   • Fergus Hodgson, "2012 State Spending at a Record High: Albeit Concealed, State Spending Has Grown For Decades," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 422, May 8, 2012, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/273

   • Mark Robyn, "2012 State Business Tax Climate Index," Tax Foundation Background Paper No. 62, January 25, 2012, taxfoundation.org/article/2012-state-business-tax-climate-index Leonard Gilroy and Jonathan Williams, "State Budget Reform Toolkit," American Legislative Exchange Council, 2011, alec.org/publications/state-budget-reform-toolkit

   • Roy Cordato, "The Consumed Income Tax: Efficient and Fair Tax Reform for NorthCarolina," The John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 420, 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/271

   • Roy Cordato, "The Corporate Income Tax: Repeal, Not Reform," The John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 416, November, 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/267

   • David McCoy, "Comprehensive Financial Report (CAFR) Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011," State of North Carolina, Office of the State Comptroller, December 8, 2011, ncosc.net/financial/11cafr/index.html

   • Fergus Hodgson, "State-Initiated Amendments to Repair Our Constitutional Republic," Pelican Institute for Public Policy The Pelican Post, May 22, 2011, thepelicanpost.org/2011/05/22/new-research-state-initiated-amendments-to-repair-our-constitutional-republic

   • Sven Larson, "The Unitary State of America: State Dependency on U.S. Government Now at a Critical Breaking Point," Wyoming Liberty Group The Liberty Bullhorn, February 11, 2011, thepelicanpost.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Liberty-Bullhorn-2-11-11.pdf

   • Robert Natelson, "Amending the Constitution by Convention: A Complete View of the Founders Plan," Goldwater Institute Policy Report No. 241, September 16, 2010, goldwaterinstitute.org/article/amending-constitution-convention-complete-view-founders-plan-part-1-series

   • George Crowley, "Do Intergovernmental Grants Create Ratchets in State and Local Taxes?" Mercatus Center at George Mason University Working Paper No. 10-51, August 2010, mercatus.org/publication/do-intergovernmental-grants-create-ratchets-state-and-local-taxes

   • Roy Cordato, "Reforming the Sales Tax: Keep in mind liberty, prosperity, and sound principles of taxation" The John Locke Foundation, Spotlight No. 394, July 12, 2010, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/245

   • David T. Hartgen, "Distributing Transportation Funds: N.C. needs a better project selection system to make better use of scarce resources," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 385, April 6, 2010, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/236

   • Joseph Coletti and Jacob Burgdorf, "Not the Best of Both Worlds: Tax Credit Will Not Save Movies But Will Lose Money," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 376, July 22, 2009, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/227

   • Roy Cordato, "Tax Reform in North Carolina," John Locke Foundation Nathaniel Macon Research Series No. 4, March 2009, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy%20reports/196

   • Joseph Coletti, "Debt is Debt: Taxpayers on Hook for TIFs Despite Rhetoric," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 337, November 19, 2007, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/187

   • David T. Hartgen, "Traffic Congestion in North Carolina: Status, Prospects, & Solutions," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, March 2007, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy reports/82

   • John Hood, "The Best Incentives: Targeted Policies Fail While Tax Rates, Services Matter," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 239, December 8, 2003, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/81

   • Roy Cordato, "Socialism for Capitalists: New Incentives Won't Aid North Carolina Economy," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 222, August 5, 2002, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/66

Education

   • "Regulating School Nutrition," Carolina Journal, carolinajournal.com/exclusives/series.html?id=58

   • David French, "Universities and Religious Liberty: Schools that used to favor openness are becoming closed and dogmatic when it comes to traditional religious groups," Commentary, John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, April 24, 2012, popecenter.org/commentaries/article.html?id=2685

   • Jay Schalin, "Nice Work If You Can Get It: One reason for rising costs at the University of North Carolina is growing administrative and professional staff," Commentary, John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, March 18, 2012, popecenter.org/commentaries/article.html?id=2667

   • "School Lunch Fraud," Carolina Journal, carolinajournal.com/exclusives/series.html?id=35

   • Terry Stoops, "North Carolina vs. the World: Comparisons of educational inputs and outcomes, John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 419, January 31, 2012, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/270

   • Terry Stoops, "High School Graduation in NC: Quantity over quality?" John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 413, September 20, 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/264

   • "North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching," Carolina Journal, carolinajournal.com/exclusives/series.html?id=53

   • Terry Stoops, "Virtually Irrelevant: How certification rules impede the growth of virtual schools," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 412, July 6, 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/263

   • Jay Schalin, "A Common-Sense Look at UNC Faculty Workloads," John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, June 2011, popecenter.org/inquiry_papers/article.html?id=2530

   • "Early Childhood Programs," Carolina Journal, carolinajournal.com/exclusives/series.html?id=7

   • Terry Stoops, "Class size research: A recap," Education Update, May 31, 2011, johnlocke.org/newsletters/research/2011-05-31-q3kusd9rqtle95dq4cl50cnt55-edu-update.html

   • Jay Schalin, "Proposal for UNC Budget Cuts," John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, April 2011, popecenter.org/inquiry_papers/article.html?id=2481

   • Terry Stoops, "Elective Surgery: Budget deficits require elected officials to reassess course offerings," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 406, February 14, 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/257

   • Terry Stoops, "Good Classroom ‘Disruption': Use the Internet to expand educational options in rural school districts," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 396, August 16, 2010, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/247

   • Terry Stoops, "Survey of End-of-Course Test Questions: Many College and University Faculty Are Concerned About the Quality of State Standardized Tests", John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 393, July 6, 2010, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/244

   • Terry Stoops, "Charter School Diversity: Too Black, Too White, or Just Right?", John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 390, May 20, 2010, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/241

   • Jenna Ashley Robinson, "Do North Carolina Students Have Freedom of Speech? A Review of Campus Speech Codes," John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, February 2010, popecenter.org/inquiry_papers/article.html?id=2306

   • Terry Stoops, "Zero Tolerance for Charter Schools: The State Board of Education Should Regard All Public Schools As Equals," John Lock Foundation Spotlight No. 382, February 3, 2010, johnlocke.org/research/ show/spotlights/233

   • Terry Stoops, "Ten Myths about North Carolina's Private Schools: A Parent's Guide", John Lock Foundation Policy Report, July 2009, johnlocke. org/research/show/policy%20reports/201

   • Terry Stoops, "No Bureaucrat Left Behind: N.C. Public Schools Add Staff at a Much Faster Rate Than Enrollment," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 373, May 28, 2009, johnlocke.org/research/show/ spotlights/224

   • Terry Stoops, "Career and Technical Education: Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century Economy Isn't Rocket Science," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 361, November 18, 2008, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/212

Government Regulation

   • Terry Stoops, "Virtually Irrelevant: How certification rules impede the growth of virtual schools," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 412, July 6, 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/263

   • Daren Bakst, "No More Unaccountable Government: Legislators, not unelected bureaucrats, should make major policy decisions," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 410, June 2, 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/261

   • "Friday Interview: The Perils of N.C. Occupational Licensing: Hair braiders, barber poles, amateur engineers generate controversy," Carolina Journal Online, April 15, 2011, carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_ exclusive.html?id=7632

   • Daren Bakst, "Blocking Eminent Domain Abuse in NC: It's past time for well-crafted constitutional amendment," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 404, January 27, 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/255

   • Daren Bakst, "Perdue's Regulatory Executive Order: A step in the right direction," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 401, October 27, 2010, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/252

   • Joseph Coletti, "Deregulating Health Insurance and Health Providers in North Carolina: Implications for health care cost, quality, access and innovation," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, August 2010, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy%20reports/212

   • Daren Bakst, "Regulating the Regulators: Seven Reforms for Sensible Regulatory Policy in North Carolina," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, February 2010, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy reports/207

   • Daren Bakst, "Seize Property as a Last Resort: Eminent domain bill should protect humans, not just natural habitats," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 375, June 15, 2009, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/226

   • Eli Lehrer, "North Carolina's Unfair Auto Insurance Policy," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, July 2008, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy reports/173

Environment

   • Jon Sanders, "A quick overview of fracking in North Carolina," The Locker Room blog, John Locke Foundation, March 21, 2012, lockerroom.johnlocke.org/2012/03/21/quick-overview-of-fracking-in-nc

   • Roy Cordato, "Energy Efficiency, Economic Efficiency, and the Pretense of Knowledge," The John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 415, October 13, 2011. johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/266

   • The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University, "The Economic Impact of North Carolina's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard," The John Locke Foundation Policy Report, August 2009. johnlocke.org/research/show/policy%20reports/202

   • Daren Bakst, "A Wind Power Primer," The John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 345, March 10, 2008, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/195

Health Care

   • Joseph Coletti, "Repair and Reform Medicaid: Even more essential under ObamaCare," The John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 409, March 23, 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/260

   • Joseph Coletti, "Deregulating Health Insurance and Health Providers in North Carolina" The John Locke Foundation Policy Report, August 2010, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy%20reports/212

   • Roy Cordato, "Certificate of Need Laws: It's Time for Repeal" The John Locke Foundation Nathaniel Macon Research Series No. 1, November 2005, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy%20reports/62

Local Government Reforms

   • David Hartgen and Thomas Rubin, "Review of the Triangle Transit Authority's Response to Questions Regarding Costs and Ridership," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, May 2012, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy%20reports/243

   • David Hartgen and Thomas Rubin, "Review of the Wake County Transit Plan," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, January 2012. johnlocke.org/research/show/policy%20reports/239

   • Michael Sanera, "A Blank Check for Buncombe: County commissioners ask voters for a sales-tax increase," John Locke Foundation Regional Brief, September 14, 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy%20reports/234

   • Joseph Coletti, Michael Sanera and Terry Stoops, "Taxers' Choice in Cabarrus: If the sales-tax increase fails, county threatens to hike property taxes," John Locke Foundation Regional Brief, May 10, 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy%20reports/232

   • Wendell Cox, "Should NCDOT Add More Piedmont Trains?" John Locke Foundation Policy Report April 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy%20reports/228

   • Randal O'Toole, "Public Transit in North Carolina," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 399, September 16, 2010, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/250

   • Randal O'Toole, "Why North Carolina Should Not Build High-Speed Rail," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, June 2009, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy reports/199

   • David T. Hartgen, "Charlotte's LYNX Line: A Preliminary Assessment," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, October 2008, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy reports/177

   • Michael Sanera and Joe Coletti, "Charlotte's Transit Tax: A Costly Distraction from the City's True Transit Needs," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 315, March 15, 2007, johnlocke.org/research/show/ spotlights/164

   • Daren Bakst, "Riding the Eminent Domain Rail: Triangle Transit Authority Is N.C.'s Case Study in Eminent Domain Abuse," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 296, September 22, 2006, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/143

Highways and Interstates

   • David T. Hartgen, Ravi K. Karanam, and M. Gregory Fields, "19th Annual Highway Report, (1984-2008)" Reason Foundation, September 2010, reason.org/news/show/19th-annual-highway-report

   • David T. Hartgen, "Distributing Transportation Funds: N.C. Needs a Better Project Selection System to Make Better Use of Scarce Resources," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 385, April 6, 2010, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/236

   • Daren Bakst, "No, Fix the Roads First: How N.C. Has Taken Transportation Out of Transportation Policy," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 335, October 18, 2007, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/185

   • David T. Hartgen, "Traffic Congestion in North Carolina: Status, Prospects, and Solutions," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, March 2007, johnlocke.org/site-docs/traffic

   • Christopher Goff, "Conquering Traffic Congestion in the Capital City: More Effective Solutions Than Light Rail," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, August 2006, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy reports/74

Privatization

   • Leonard Gilroy and Lisa Snell, "Annual Privatization Report 2011: State Government Privatization," Reason Foundation, May 2012, reason.org/studies/show/annual-privatization-2011-state

   • Michael Sanera and Kevin Munger, "First Annual North Carolina County Privatization Survey" John Locke Foundation Regional Brief, November 10, 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy%20reports/238

   • Leonard Gilroy, "Local Government Privatization 101," Reason Foundation Policy Brief 89, March 16, 2010, reason.org/news/show/local-government- privatization-101

Compensation for Sterilization Victims

   • Daren Bakst, "Compensating NC's Eugenics Victims: Five Ways North Carolina Can Help Right the Wrong," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 417, January 5, 2012, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/268

   • Daren Bakst, "North Carolina's Forced-Sterilization Program: A Case for Compensating the Living Victims," John Locke Foundation Policy Report, July 2011, johnlocke.org/research/show/policy%20reports/233

Taxpayer Financing of Campaigns

   • Daren Bakst, "Lawsuit Challenging State Taxpayer Financing Systems," The Locker Room blog, John Locke Foundation, lockerroom.johnlocke.org/2011/09/15/lawsuit-challenging-state-taxpayer-financing-systems

   • Daren Bakst, "Taxpayer Financing of N.C. Elections: Clearly unconstitutional after the Supreme Court decision in Davis v. FEC," John Locke Foundation Spotlight No. 365, January 14, 2009, johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/216