Public Enemies: Government Bureaucrats as Societal Parasites

Tags: Big Government, Bureaucracy and Regulation

04/28/2025 Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Mises Institute President, Tom DiLorenzo, explains how bureaucracy became a self-feeding monster, rewarding failure, wasting resources, and building the Deep State through civil service “reform.”

Recorded in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 26, 2025.

Special thanks to Dru Heaton, Jeff Leskovar, and Scott and Cathy Ullery for sponsoring this event.

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