Op-ed by Matthew Lau, includes “One of the most alarming things about the pandemic is how sheepish almost all of us have been in surrendering our freedoms to government. … As economic historian Robert Higgs explained in his 1987 book Crisis and Leviathan, when government both expands its reach and curtails freedom during a crisis, it usually does not return all of the freedom to citizens after the crisis ends. … The spending, taxation and regulation that come about in a crisis, even if intended to be temporary, often become permanent thanks to ‘entrenched special interests and bureaucrats.’ …”
Read the full article on: Financial Post (Canada)