Jon Sanders, Author at The Locker Room

Jon Sanders studies regulatory policy, a veritable kudzu of invasive government and unintended consequences. As director of regulatory studies at the John Locke Foundation, Jon gets into the weeds in all kinds of policy areas, including electricity, occupational licensing, hydraulic fracturing, the minimum wage, poverty and opportunity, state rulemaking, film and other incentives programs, certificates of need, and cronyism.

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Hey Charlotte: If spending has such great “economic impact,” why hide huge cost overruns?

My latest article for the American Institute for Economic Research takes note of the fact that, thanks to Eric Rowell of Hunterville’s question, the celebrated “economic impact” study for Charlotte’s proposed Transformational Mobility Network has no opportunity costs built into the model. “None.” This is a perennial problem with economic…

Jon Sanders, September 20, 2021
Nearly half for other reasons? How misleading are Covid hospitalization numbers?

New research finds that barely over half (52%) of Covid patients in the VA during the post-vaccination period were hospitalized for the management of Covid-19 disease. The rest (48%) were in the hospital for some other reason and incidentally found to be infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Jon Sanders, September 20, 2021
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending September 13

This past week 99.2% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and more than four out of five (81.7%) adult North Carolinians are estimated to be immune.

Jon Sanders, September 14, 2021
Why Powerful Natural Immunity Foils Any Case for Vaccine Passports

A growing body of research is making it increasingly clear that natural immunity to Covid-19 owing to previous infection is stronger, more durable, and broader than vaccine-induced immunity.

Jon Sanders, September 13, 2021
California begs feds to pollute more in electricity provision. Wonder why?

CAISO wants the DoE to suspend air-pollution rules so it can use natural gas turbines as "back-up power generation and freeing up additional energy capacity to help alleviate electric demand on the electricity grid."

Jon Sanders, September 10, 2021
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending September 6

This past week 99.1% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and more than four out of five (80.8%) adult North Carolinians are estimated to be immune.

Jon Sanders, September 8, 2021
George Leef looks back at the UNC athletics scandal

George Leef writes for the James G. Martin Center about former Daily Tar Heel editor Andy Thomason’s new book, Discredited: The UNC Scandal and College Athletics’ Amateur Ideal. Here’s an excerpt: A series of investigations revealed the unsavory truth about collaboration between the Athletics Department and certain…

Jon Sanders, September 8, 2021
“What was the issue with the wind?” “It didn’t blow.”

“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” “The dog did nothing in the night-time.” “That was the curious incident,” remarked Sherlock Holmes. — “Silver Blaze,” from The Memoirs of…

Jon Sanders, September 7, 2021

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Jon Sanders

Research Editor and Senior Fellow, Regulatory Studies

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