There is a new hit TV show on network television. Many of you have probably seen a few episodes.
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2017 @ 3:18 am
By: Rod Eccles
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One of the most common misconceptions about the free market is that it encourages people to pursue their own "narrow self-interest," usually interpreted as caring only about one's self while ignoring the needs and desires of others
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2017 @ 4:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If this article does not interest you or you don't like to read any of BT's post , you have the free choice to move on without reading.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 @ 10:41 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Maybe it is an American thing, the excess of too much success in the wrong hands of those that have not the talent to wield it, to make a difference.
Published: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 @ 9:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After two week of nonstop convention coverage, I thought a brief bit of informative levity would be in order.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2016 @ 5:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Like a recovering addict on the verge of a major binge, some North Carolina lawmakers are on the brink of falling back into the black hole of tax credits
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Crony capitalism is a term that we have been hearing a lot lately. The term has come into use to distinguish the kind of economic system we, in large part, have in this country with true free market capitalism. In the former there is a cozy relationship between business, particularly big business...
Published: Friday, March 18th, 2016 @ 2:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The larger question may remain: Who is willing to learn, and intellectually expand their horizons to become better providers, better citizens and truer patriots?
Published: Saturday, February 27th, 2016 @ 6:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As part of his remarks while visiting the White House on his first day in the United States, Pope Francis made a strong plea on behalf of religious liberty, which he specifically directed at President Obama. This came shortly before he made an unscheduled visit with the Little Sisters of the Poor...
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 3:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Sunday morning thought without benefit of deep analysis by Bobby Tony
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 @ 9:20 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Just when I think the NC Chamber can't sink any lower, they DO.
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2015 @ 1:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Two of the most prominent liberals in the Senate have joined forces to take on the big banks as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has announced that he is teaming up with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to co-sponsor her bill that would reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act.
Published: Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 @ 6:51 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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The fine article from my friend, Bobby Tony, deserves some observations. In some respects I totally agree. On others I total disagree. Several other need illustrating . . .
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2015 @ 4:53 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Today success requires possessing a skill set that is in demand.
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 @ 2:55 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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We've expressed our dismay at recent legislation - sponsored by a hodge-podge of statist Democrats, RINOs, and reputed conservatives - to extend the 35 percent credit for solar energy production for five years.
Published: Saturday, April 25th, 2015 @ 1:19 am
By: Brant Clifton
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If you want to understand the debate about how best to promote growth within a capitalist society, start with the root word: capital.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 @ 10:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We reported about an "interesting" real estate deal involving Senate candidate Thom Tillis and some high-dollar donors to his campaign.
Published: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 @ 9:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Critics often label capitalism as unfair. They say a system based on free markets and limited government control leads to wide disparities among the rich and poor.
Published: Friday, August 29th, 2014 @ 10:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the recently-completed GOP primary for US Senate, speaker Thom Tillis told a fundraiser crowd in Wilmington he favored the retention of state incentives for studios shooting movies and TV shows in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, August 7th, 2014 @ 12:50 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Do you think your taxes are too high? Would like a tax break? Well, some NC legislators are happy to give you a big tax break – if you are a big Hollywood film studio.
Published: Wednesday, May 28th, 2014 @ 2:08 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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One of the Democratic Party's key selling points is that Democrats favor the little guy struggling against Big Business and other powerful forces.
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 @ 8:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the most consistent findings in economic research is that occupational licensing restricts the supply of service providers in the licensed field and thereby drives up prices.
Published: Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Critics often blast entrepreneurs as people who think only about ways to make a buck. That characterization bothers Felix Livingston, professor of economics at Flagler College. During a spring visit to Campbell University, Livingston explained why he's promoting a concept called...
Published: Sunday, July 7th, 2013 @ 6:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrats' last minute sweetheart deal to hand over Dix hospital property to the city of Raleigh is collapsing, and boys are those lefties upset.
Published: Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 @ 9:46 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Ayn Rand was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1905 and saw firsthand the communist revolution and takeover of her native country and the subsequent oppression that swallowed it up.
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2012 @ 10:53 am
By: Alicia Colon
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"The overthrow of the medieval guild system," wrote Milton Friedman in his seminal work Capitalism and Freedom, "was an indispensable early step in the rise of freedom in the Western world.
Published: Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 @ 5:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Even capitalism's biggest fans have to admit that industrialization has made our world dirtier. At least that seems to be conventional wisdom.
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 6:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Every policy and decision by government has economic costs, and more so when the policy interferes with or, worse, prevents some market choices. Such negative economic effects are what make even more pernicious the practice of cronyism.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 12:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Less than a month after North Carolina legislators approved more money for the state's film tax incentives program, a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight Report pans film incentives as a clear example of cronyism.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Conservatives can win - but only if they understand that winning the debate means understanding that the real clash "is a moral fight, not an economic disagreement."
Published: Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 @ 3:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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You'd think they want to snatch your firstborn. I'm talking about the ugly portrait that's been painted of risktakers, innovators, and venture capitalists by politicians, pundits, and the Occupy movement.
Published: Saturday, March 10th, 2012 @ 10:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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These two videos, sent to me by contributor George Schryer, express what I've noticed for some time, the seeds of which were sown almost three decades ago.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2012 @ 10:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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What has become both a most celebrated, and scorned political movement is now at the level of full accountability to the public.
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2011 @ 8:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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