bureaucracy

"I agree that it's absurd, but what can I do? The RZI gives us some lists and we break our legs going from house to house. I'm writing to you that you're not here, because you're not here," the policeman tells me on the phone. He's standing in front of my apartment door, but I'm not in …

Public choice theory is a branch of economics that developed through the study of taxation and public spending. It emerged in the 1950s and gained widespread public attention in 1986, when James Buchanan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. Buchanan founded the Center for the Study of …

Will we draw ideas for our legislation from the countries with the most severe fiscal crises? In folk literature, there is an aphorism "when he says good evening to me, I look around to see where the sun is". The same applies when the government promises to lighten the burden on every ordinary citizen - the administrative burden. Waiting in lines in ...

Janet Nielsen Canada was once a laughing stock when it came to economic freedom. A Wall Street Journal article in the mid-1990s called the country an “honorary member of the Third World” because of its out-of-control debt and government spending. But today, the same country leads the G8 in economic indicators, and …

Do we all have the same preferences and value material goods in the same way, so that we allow someone else to control (influence) our own choices?! If "value" is subjective, and market prices are a mirror of consumer desires, then the widespread suggestion that public goods and services are provided ...

Over the past week, bureaucrats have stepped on the gas in their misguided attempts to improve the world. We have seen tragicomic decisions, such as the ban on glass olive oil in the EU. This will hurt the sector, but it is unlikely to ruin it. The regulation may not even survive until it comes into force. While EU officials …

Over the past week, bureaucrats have stepped on the gas in their misguided attempts to improve the world. We have seen tragicomic decisions, such as the ban on glass olive oil in the EU. This will hurt the sector, but it is unlikely to ruin it. The regulation may not even survive until it comes into force. While EU officials …