Centralized power has a problem: the individual. Every person is a potential disrupter of The Plan, and disruption must be forbidden. Otherwise, why have a central plan? This applies regardless of whether the planning is economy-wide or for particular sectors, such as medical services. (See F. A. Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom.)
The Welfare State, Evolutionary Game Theory, and Modern Reproductive Tactics
Across the animal kingdom, natural selection has sculpted a remarkable array of reproductive strategies, but humans are unique in that we consciously design institutions that shape incentives and constrain behavior. The modern welfare state highlights this dynamic. As...
