{"id":28702,"date":"2017-12-09T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T16:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28702"},"modified":"2017-12-09T11:05:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T16:05:09","slug":"the-zealous-pursuit-of-state-sponsored-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28702","title":{"rendered":"The Zealous Pursuit of State-Sponsored Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Zealous Pursuit of State-Sponsored Collapse <\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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When Bakers Go Fishing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Government intervention into a nation\u2019s economy is as foolish as attempting to control the sun\u2019s rise and fall by law or force.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t mean governments don\u2019t meddle each and every day with the best \u2013 and worst \u2013 of intentions.\u00a0 The United States government is no exception.<\/p>\n

\"\"From the \u201cWhen the government helps the economy\u201d collection: Breaking a few eggs while baking the bridge to nowhere omelet. [PT]<\/p>\n

Over the years, layers and layers of interference by various federal, state, and local agencies have built up like grime on a kitchen window.\u00a0 The grease shines and smells of something fierce.\u00a0 The layers of government grime also drip and ooze into every crack and crevice of the economy.<\/p>\n

These days, for example, it is impossible to carry out a simple private transaction with your barber or barista without some form of government interference.\u00a0 Has your barber obtained the required license and paid the obligatory fees to be able to legally taper your neck line?\u00a0 Has your barista\u2019s espresso bean grinder passed city health inspection?<\/p>\n

Is the hot Cup of Joe served in a paper cup of appropriate recycled material composition?\u00a0 Did the hot beverage exceed the legally accepted temperature standard?\u00a0 Did state and local governments receive their tax exaction upon payment?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The licensing racket \u2013 left panel: the basic definition of the racket; middle panel: how long it takes and what it costs to obtain licenses for assorted jobs in the US; right panel: the inexorable growth of rules and regulations. One shouldn\u2019t be surprised that the pace of real economic growth has steadily declined since peaking in the late 19th<\/sup> century (or if one wants to focus on the modern era, since it peaked not too long after WW2).<\/p>\n

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The Zealous Pursuit of State-Sponsored Collapse When Bakers Go Fishing Government intervention into a nation\u2019s economy is as foolish as attempting to control the sun\u2019s rise and fall by law or force.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t mean governments don\u2019t meddle each and every day with the best \u2013 and worst \u2013 of intentions.\u00a0 The United States […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5728,150,379,11763,954,17425],"class_list":["post-28702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","tag-acting-man","tag-collapse","tag-government","tag-mn-gordon","tag-money-supply","tag-state-sponsored-collapse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28703,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28702\/revisions\/28703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}