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The Return of the State: And Why It Is Essential for Our Health, Wealth, and Happiness
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A vigorous and timely defense of the state as a force for good
For decades now wealth and power have been shifting from states to markets. This experiment has been a failure for all but a privileged few. But this trend is beginning to reverse, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen the state play the most direct and positive role in citizens' everyday lives in living memory.
Graeme Garrard makes a powerful case for the state as our only realistic hope of countering the rising po...