Why Federal Agencies Go Rogue
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The IRS plans to hire 87,000 new armed agents, while an FBI raid on Trump–the administration’s open political rival–draws allegations of corruption. Economists and political scientists, from Mises to Robert Higgs to James Burnham to public choice scholars, explain why mission creep and abuse by state agencies is the rule rather than the exception.
Jonathan Turley on Trump being disqualified from office: Mises.org/HAP356-1
Mises on the managerial state: Mises.org/Bureaucracy
James Burnham’s The Managerial Revolution: Mises.org/Burnham
Bob Murphy Show Episode on the FBI: Mises.org/BMS92