Public Choice

Sally Kohn: I feel like doing historical and empirical research on these kinds of questions, it almost is like detective work. There are certain things government officials simply cannot do, no matter how profitable it would be for a special interest group; the general public won't tolerate it. But within the broad confines of what the public will tolerate government doing, that's when public choice is really at its most explanatory. It helps us understand why tariffs still exist,. It helps us understanding why American sugar farmers have been coddled by the government now going on 32 years.