💬 Opinion 1d ago · J.D. Tuccille

Study: Even Well-Intentioned Regulators Do More Harm Than Good

Reason
Free market and libertarian perspectives
View Channel →
Study: Even Well-Intentioned Regulators Do More Harm Than Good
Source ↗ 👁 0 💬 0
It's both common and accurate to point out that many people who go into government are control freaks motivated by the desire to exercise power over others, or else driven by self-interest to profit from control of the reins of government. But a new study points out that even when government officials are sincere and intend to make the world a better place, they often cause more harm than good.


Regulations Designed To Protect the Public Can End Up Restricting Opportunity
The Protection Paradox

Comments (0)

Sign in to join the discussion

More Like This

The Spectacle Ep. 461: Post-COVID Malone: Robert and Jill Malone Find Health in Homesteading
The American Spectator | USA News and Politics · 1d ago
📰
Wondering How Nuts Trump’s Tariffs Are? Consider Aluminum.
NYT > Opinion · 1d ago
Germany’s Political Firewall Is Crumbling
Project Syndicate · 1d ago
Why America should fear gerrymandering, not voter fraud
Opinion: Op-Eds, Editorials, and Political Commentary | The Hill · 1d ago
Is Steve Hilton the Future of Trumpism?
NYT > Opinion · 1d ago
Is Conservatism’s Marriage of Liberty and Virtue Dead?
The Dispatch · 1d ago