Americans generally view big government as bad, remote, wasteful and unresponsive, if not irresponsible. Americans, going ...

Americans generally view big government as bad, remote, wasteful and unresponsive, if not irresponsible. Americans, going back to the Anti-Federalist movement and the Whiskey Rebellion, have scorned ...

Economist Robert Higgs described the “ratchet effect” in which government either creates a crisis or responds to one, leading ...

Economist Robert Higgs described the "ratchet effect" in which government either creates a crisis or responds to one, leading to a permanent expansion of ...