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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How the North Carolina State Constitution spots genius

The North Carolina State Constitution infers an important truth: that a state structured around "the great, general, and essential principles of liberty" is a work of genius, allowing human flourishing in ways never before seen in the world.

Jon Sanders, September 19, 2019
How the North Carolina State Constitution describes the results from liberty

Some truths are so self-evident that our state constitution infers them, such as this one: "the blessings of liberty."

Jon Sanders, September 18, 2019
How North Carolina made a revolutionary declaration constitutional law

In North Carolina, the self-evident truths are not just undergirding and informing the thinking that produced the Constitution, they are a very part of it.

Jon Sanders, September 17, 2019
How debate in North Carolina ensured the Bill of Rights

Without North Carolina's debate over the Constitution, it's possible we wouldn't even have a Bill of Rights.

Jon Sanders, September 16, 2019
‘Stakeholder’: it doesn’t mean you get to stake a claim on other people’s business

DEQ lists 164 "stakeholders" to develop a "Clean Energy Plan." They identify "key stakeholders" as those "with a vested interest in clean energy." OK, so who cares for affordable, reliable, efficient electricity?

Jon Sanders, September 13, 2019
What is a Chesterton Fence?

Duke professor Michael Munger's recent article for the American Institute for Economic Research urges caution about a rather blithe attitude we've seen lately to toss over social and political institutions without a second's thought.

Jon Sanders, September 12, 2019
Democratic candidates’ fracking ban would be dangerous, asinine

A ban on fracking would be asinine. It would be self-destructive, devastating to the economy, a gut punch to the poor, and practically ineffective to do anything about climate change. It's also something Vladimir Putin has been working for years to bring it about.

Jon Sanders, September 10, 2019
What does an inverted yield curve mean? Well, it depends

You may have heard news about the yield curve inverting and that it portends a recession. But what is it, and what does it mean?

Jon Sanders, September 6, 2019

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Jon Sanders

Director of Regulatory Studies

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