In a recent post, prominent left-liberal economist Justin Wolfers (University of Michigan) concedes that his "libertarian friends" were right about the dangers of government power:
My libertarian-leaning friends have consistently argued against a powerful federal government in favor of individual freedoms. I had — somewhat naively — never taken their views seriously enough. My friends who worked in government were good people, I reasoned, and surely that's true more broadly.
But I've had to admit to my libertarian friends that they were right. Concentration of power can be abused. We're seeing it happen right now.
