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Beyond Crisis: The Ratchet Effect and the Erosion of Liberty

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09/14/2023Michael Matulef
Narrator: 
Millian Quinteros

After governments create crises, they use those crises to seize new powers. After the crisis subsides, governments give up some, but not all, of their new authority, which we call the ratchet effect.

Original Article: "Beyond Crisis: The Ratchet Effect and the Erosion of Liberty"

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Author:

Michael Matulef

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Original Article: 
Beyond Crisis: The Ratchet Effect and the Erosion of Liberty