The growth of the administrative state inherently produces rent-seeking because when government decisions allocate great wealth and opportunity, great wealth will be spent influencing those decisions—making lobbying a natural market consequence, not a moral failure.

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George Will

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When government decisions allocate great wealth and opportunity, great wealth will be spent on influencing government decision-making. It just follows as night to day.

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George Will on America, Politics, and Baseball 2/28/2011EconTalk
Created: 6/15/2026, 9:26:54 AM

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