Regulation
Stossel argues that private is better
John Stossel‘s latest column at Human Events focuses on the private sector’s critical role in delivering the goods and services we need. Politicians say there are so many things only…
Efficiency
Liberty
It’s All Shoveling Manure
Preventing anybody who would hire me from doing so, I shall elaborate on comments from yesterday about hiring secretaries to make simple jobs hard. The
Liberty
Private Sector Provides Another Lesson For Government
The Wall Street Journal carries a fascinating story about private firms that are deciding to eliminate their human resources department. It’s a move designed for more efficiency and an expectation…
Liberty
Government is biased towards waste
So argues Professor D. W. Mackenzie in this Freeman column today. Because politics works on money that is confiscated from taxpayers rather than on voluntary payments for services rendered, the…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
This week’s Carolina Journal Online Friday interview features Donna Martinez’s conversation with Roy Cordato about North Carolina’s smoking ban as an example of government overreach. John Hood’s Daily Journal focuses…
Liberty
Wind Power exposed (again)–GOP continues to side with special interests
The National Center for Policy Analysis reports on a new study by two researchers out of the UK which looked into the actual efficiency of wind farms operating in that…
Liberty
Don’t knock the profit motive in addressing environmental issues
We all know that greedy businessmen think only of profits, throwing all environmental concerns aside. Environmental improvements since at least the 1960s are due primarily to the work of government…
Liberty
Duke grad leads push for more efficient federal government
The latest Business Week describes the efforts of 43-year-old Duke alum Jeffrey Zients, the federal government?s first ?chief performance officer,? to ?make government more effective and efficient by making it…
Liberty
Chapel Hill News: What Would You Do About UNC Bloat?
Courtesy of the Chapel Hill News, here’s your opportunity to voice your view about UNC Chapel Hill’s inefficiency and bureaucratic bloat, which was uncovered by the consulting firm Bain &…
Scrapping special Charlotte tax would boost efficiency
RALEIGH – Charlotte could focus on real transportation problems and improve its bus system’s efficiency by scrapping a special half-cent sales tax. That’s a key finding in a new John…
Liberty
So exactly who is it this new UNC group wants to help?
When I read the first few paragraphs of this story, I thought, well hey, maybe these folks can improve the workings of the UNC System. I’m a firm believer that…