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“Our government has become too responsive to trivial or ephemeral concerns, often at the expense of more important concerns or an erosion of our liberty, and it has made policy priorities more dependent on where TV journalists happen to point their cameras. . . . As a nation we have lost our sense of tragedy, a recognition that bad things happen to good people. A nation that expects the government to prevent churches from burning, to control the price of bread or gasoline, to secure every job, and to find some villain for every dramatic accident, risks an even larger loss of life and liberty.”

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William A. Niskanen
William A. Niskanen

William A. Niskanen was a distinguished economist, born on March 13, 1933, and passed away on October 26, 2011. He made significant contributions to the field of economics, particularly in the area of public choice theory. more

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