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Episode 260: Shortages at Home, Starvation Elsewhere

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Is There a Role for Government in the Economy?

John Avlon: Government has a role to play in getting the economy moving, but it needs to get out of the way. He says when you get hyper efficient government, what you get are totalitarianism. Avlon: The U.S. Constitution was designed to be inefficient; that is absolutely a feature and not a bug. "I don't know how people with power can look at the human misery feet away"

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