There is nothing new about the sudden enthusiasm for aggressive government intervention during a health crisis. Throughout history, pandemics have led to… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
“The American Dream is to not have to work, so with unemployment at record levels, you’d think more people would be excited… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The Libertarian position on the freedom of speech is a strong support of freedom of speech, and we oppose government intervention in… — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
Let's face a historical truth: we have never had a "free market", we have always had government intervention in the economy, and… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
When government takes away options, it is bound to make some people worse off, even with intrinsicallly good intentions behind that government… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
While admirers of capitalism, we also to a certain extent believe it has limitations that require government intervention in markets to make… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
Even Milton Friedman - doyen of radical free market thought - was willing to consider some government intervention into primary education on… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
We need better options for securing the Internet. Instead of looking primarily for top-down government intervention, we can enlist the operators and… — Jonathan Zittrain Copy Share Image
In a world dependent on international trade and commerce, and staggering under a heavy load of international debt, no policy is more… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
I think the Scandinavian health systems are better when it comes to preventative care than the German system, because in the Scandinavian… — Karl Lauterbach Copy Share Image
The nature of the economic system should be a matter for public choice, and free market capitalism should not be accepted without… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
“two world wars had habituated almost everyone to the inevitability of government intervention in daily life.” — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Nothing rectifies out-of-control market failures like a healthy dose of government intervention and mountains of bureaucracy. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“A nanny state is hostile to liberty. Any attempt to institute or continue it should be opposed, root and branch. Government intervention… — Laurence M. Vance Copy Share Image
Contrary to the vision of the left, it was the free market which produced affordable housing - before government intervention made housing… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The great virtue of a free market is that it enables people who hate each other, or who are from vastly different… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
In the age of global warming hysteria and the $93 trillion 'Green' New Deal, leftist advocates for more government intervention in the… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
People constantly requesting government intervention are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
“Cinema is yet another area in which government intervention in culture paid off in spades. Korea once again demonstrated its unique magic… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
The gap between what one knows and what one thinks one knows may be higher in the ranks of the elite. The… — Arnold Kling Copy Share Image
Both history and contemporary data show that countries prosper more when there are stable and dependable rules, under which people can make… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
There is still a tendency to regard any existing government intervention as desirable, to attribute all evils to the market, and to… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan, and before him, Richard Nixon, and before Nixon, a slew of conservative politicians going back through American history, have played… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
We are moving rapidly from an era of an oligopoly of content providers to an oligopoly of content controllers: new choke points.… — Dan Gillmor Copy Share Image
If, for example, existing government intervention is minor, we shall attach a smaller weight to the negative effect of additional government intervention.… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“The ICC [Interstate Commerce Commission] illustrates what might be called the natural history of government intervention. A real or fancied evil leads… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Now judicial review, beloved by conservatives, can, of course, fulfill the excellent function of declaring government interventions and tyrannies unconstitutional. But it… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Historically, it has required a combination of favorable employment trends and active government intervention to lower the percentage of people in poverty… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
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