Progressives’ faith in the federal government’s ability to make policies to better Americans’ lives goes back at least a century. President Joseph Biden certainly has shown a zeal for having the federal government do more. Both his State of the Union address and fiscal year 2025 budget would add more items to the fed’s to-do list. Left unaddressed is the underlying assumption that people in Washington have sufficient information and understanding of problems and can draw up a sound plan to solve them and coordinate others to execute the policy. Central policy planning sounds easy but, in fact, is exceedingly difficult…. (Read more)