"There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster

Friday, January 30, 2009

Is Obama the New Hoover

David Henderson points to four things Herbert Hoover did that made the Great Depression worse. He notes that Barack Obama is already doing one of these things.

Virginia Postrel points to a second item on Henderson's list that Obama is copying.

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