America Is a Technocracy, Not a Democracy
The people who really run the country are unelected "experts" and bureaucrats at the central banks, at public health agencies, spy agencies, and an expanding network of boards and commissions.
Bureaucracy and Regulation
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Deregulation Is the Path to Increasing the Supply of Medical Services
If we're serious about increasing the capacity of our medical institutions, free trade and deregulation offer real solutions.
Testing Deregulation Can Help Fight COVID-19
Many argue that unregulated markets would fail due to lack of consumer knowledge, or information asymmetry. But competition in free markets actually gives rise to all kinds of mechanisms that help consumers make informed decisions. This is as true of medical tests for any other good.
The Crisis Has Exposed the Damage Done by Government Regulations
The shortages and lack of flexibility caused by government red tape during the COVID-19 crisis has forced many governments to rethink their many arbitrary and unnecessary regulations.
How Shutdowns Will Keep Killing the Economy, Even When They’re Over
Part of what made the Great Depression last so long was increased uncertainty about what regulation or tax the government might impose next. Today's looming threat of ongoing "shutdowns" creates a very similar situation.
COVID-19 Is Forcing Governments to Admit Their Regulations Aren’t Really Necessary
From medical practices to grocery shipments, governments are loosening restrictions in order to keep goods and services affordable. But if these restrictions are unnecessary now, why claim they are ever necessary?
Bureaucrats Can’t Fix This
Bureaucrats cannot conjure wealth from nothing. They only have what they extract from the private sector. Unfortunately, the bureaucrats are now starving the private sector of funding while making government budgets ever larger.
The CDC’s Budget Is Larger Now Than Under Obama
Many left-wing pundits and politicians are claiming that the Centers for Disease Control budget was "gutted" in recent years. But the CDC's budget is now higher than it was in the final years of the Obama administration.
It’s Time to Track the FDA’s Death Toll
Many Americans could die in the coming weeks and months thanks to the FDA’s blockade on coronavirus testing. Should we consider those victims as martyrs for the principle of bureaucratic supremacy?
This Is Not a Recession—This Is a Government-Imposed Shutdown of the Private Sector
We are about to enter a production slowdown—a collapse, really—not because some businesses miscalculated their investments, but because government intervened drastically and without warning to shut down all businesses.
