The Role of Journalists in Government Surveillance

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Journalists are way under resource relative to what i think is needed. My scepticism is vainlymy unease as to whether it would actually work. It reminds me a lot of the role that we used to think journalism played in our democracy.

Economist and author Arnold Kling talks about improving government regulation with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Kling suggests ways to improve the administrative state--the agencies and regulatory bodies that often write the regulations that they enforce. The conversation concludes with Kling's idea for holding public intellectuals accountable for their pronouncements.