Tag: Big Government
We need less politics and more private governance
January 26, 2017 | Post
One of the most important things we can do is really explain and understand how markets, not government intervention, are our best hope for an orderly and prosperous society.
A political economist explains the best way to shrink the government in 9 charts
December 6, 2016 | Post
Let’s say that you’re a policymaker interested in reducing the size of government. Strategically, is it easier to cut government regulation or roll back the welfare state (thereby reducing government spending)?
If Markets Fail, Governments Fail Harder
August 31, 2016 | Post
The government is, at best, another tool societies can sometimes use to good effect. It is not a Deus ex machina that societies can rely upon to swoop in and bring about a happy ending.
The scariest thing this Halloween: government
October 31, 2015 | Post
According to a Chapman University survey, it’s not ghosts and goblins that Americans are most afraid of this Halloween; it’s the government, the corruption of which ranks as the number one fear in a list of 88 options. (Whooping cough and zombies rank as the bottom two in case you’re curious.) In the video below, […]