Bureaucracy and Regulation

Economists like Paul Krugman have claimed that practice of austerity in government would damage the US economy. As Mark Thornton points out, the opposite is true: austerity works.

Public health agencies tend to be treated like authoritative sacred cows. In reality, they have politicized health policies to the point where they really are a health hazard.

Forty years ago, American politicians claimed that Japanese economic success was due to government economic planning. Unfortunately, the myth of industrial policy never seems to die, no matter how many times it is discredited.

Money laundering is illegal in the USA, but like so many other federal crimes, it is difficult to identify and define. That is the perfect recipe for government abuse of innocent people.

Remember those dystopian futuristic films in which the evil people try to electronically erase the heroes? Social media companies are trying to recreate that scenario.

In the name of "protecting workers," progressive legislators put people out of work. For their own good, of course.

As crime rates rise and government policing fails, more and more people are turning to private security, which is more effective in preventing crime than government police.

When speaking of government actions, Einstein's alleged definition of insanity comes to mind. But no one does exactly the same thing twice, per Heraclitus. In the end, however, government action is doomed for failure.

Energy production in the USA and elsewhere is in trouble because of government control. We need more energy and less regulation.

Should there be vaccine mandates to deal with covid? Progressive authorities say one thing, but the data say another.