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Government is bigger and more expensive than it needs to be, thanks to an economic concept called the "special interest effect."
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2017 @ 5:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As government agencies continue to push for growth, with the help of their special-interest allies and mainstream media outlets, advocates for free markets and limited government have to work hard to get their messages heard in the public policy debate.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is a proposition in public choice economics called the "special interest effect." It basically argues that government grows because, for most government programs, there are concentrated beneficiaries and diffused cost bearers.
Published: Saturday, February 7th, 2015 @ 9:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is a proposition in public choice economics called the "special interest effect." It basically argues that government grows because, for most government programs, there are concentrated beneficiaries and diffused cost bearers. What this means is that the benefits of government programs will...
Published: Monday, February 2nd, 2015 @ 9:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Many people choose not to vote. Laws that benefit only limited special interests are incredibly hard to kill. Government tends to grow, even when voters elect officials who promise fiscal restraint.
Published: Monday, November 10th, 2014 @ 1:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I am sure that America's ongoing nightmare will continue, unabated, with the community-organizer-in-chief navigating America into the dank, dark corners of a despondent national psyche of complete, and utter helplessness.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 @ 12:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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