New at Reason: John Stossel on Elinor Ostrom's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

October 22, 2009

Pundits and politicians act as if government can solve almost any problem. So how remarkable it is, writes John Stossel, that this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in economics was shared by Elinor Ostrom, whose life's work demonstrates that politicians and bureaucrats are not nearly as good at solving problems as regular people.

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