Limited Government
Limiting the size of government serves the dual purposes of protecting individual freedom and promoting economic growth. Governments that are too big burden economies with excessive taxes and regulations.
Additional Resources:
- Downsizing the Federal Government
- Americans for Limited Government
- Milton Friedman makes the case for limited government (video)
- Cato research on limited government.
- James A Kahn, “Can we determine the optimal size of government?” Center for Global Liberty & Prosperity Development Briefing Paper no. 7, Cato Institute, September 14, 2011.
- Jason Richwine, Ph.D., “Same Worker, Higher Wages: A Study of Workers Who Switch from Private to Federal Employment,” Center for Data Analysis Report #11-02, Heritage Foundation, June 15, 2011.
- Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., “Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State,” 2011 Edition, Competitive Enterprise Institute.
- Ryan Messmore, “Does Advocating Limited Government Mean Abandoning the Poor?” Backgrounder #2551, Heritage Foundation, May 4, 2011.
- Robert Moffit, “How to Roll Back the Administrative State,” Center for Policy Innovation Discussion Paper #1, Heritage Foundation, February 17, 2011.
- James Gattuso, Diane Katz, and Stephen Keen, “Red Tape Rising: Obama’s Torrent of New Regulation,” Backgrounder #2482, Heritage Foundation, October 26, 2010.
- John Samples, “Limiting Government: 1980-2010,” Cato Policy Report, March/April 2010.
- Gary Lawson, “Limited Government, Unlimited Administration: Is it Possible to Restore Constitutionalism?” First Principles Series Report #23, Heritage Foundation, January 27, 2009.