Big Government

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William L. Anderson

Socialist mayoral candidate Mamdani won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City on promises to vastly expand government control of housing and businesses there. It worked.

David Brady, Jr.

Elon Musk has thrown in the towel on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in all but name. Mises correctly anticipated failures like these.

Joshua Mawhorter

The standard argument for government services is that only government can build enough roads to meet transportation needs. However, the disconnect between production and consumer choice ensures misallocation of resources under government roads, including traffic congestion.

Michael S. Milano

Surveillance technology along with expanded telecommunications erodes our ability to keep private things private. However, the growth of collectivist ideology makes this worse, since collectivists believe that all of life is political.