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> The same failure happens to government agencies attempting central planned economies. Except that government agencies are never allowed to fail, and we all suffer.

As long as we are talking about democracies that is not true. In every election that particular planned economy can be replaced by another planed economy or privatization.




Why is the Department of Education still with us, constantly growing in scope and budget? It hasn't accomplished anything.


Citation please?

But actually, the DoEd does things. If it’s growing in scope, then that “scope”… is a thing?


I'm sure the DoEd does things. But what has it accomplished?


Don’t mistake motion for progress


This is also true for authoritarian states, many of which have greater ability to impose policy shifts than democratic states.




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