In a nutshell:
Another bias is what Caplan calls anti-market bias. Liberals are excessively distrustful of markets and overly confident about the use of government power. The assumption is that government power will always be administered with wisdom and benevolence. I would be the first to admit that markets are not perfect. And government programs are not always failures. But liberals exaggerate market failures and overstate government successes. Anti-market bias leads people to concede government too much power, with liberals actively cheering government expansion.
Another bias is the view that other people cannot be trusted to make their own decisions. Liberals who send their own children to private school believe that poor families should not be allowed to make the same choice. Liberals make their own choices regarding health care, but they believe that others should have their health care decisions made for them by government.
The full article can be found here.
What lazy thinking since the same can be said of big government conservatives (BGC).
BGC are excessively distrustful of markets and overly confident about the use of government power. The assumption is that government power will always be administered with prudence.
Anti-market bias leads people to concede government too much power, with BGC actively cheering government expansion.
Another bias is the view that other people cannot be trusted to make their own decisions. BGC cry about choice but enact laws which limit people’s difficult moral decisions for themselves and their loved ones.