If…

(Don Boudreaux)

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Trump’s wish to compel the Chinese to pay damages for their role in the coronavirus calamity prompts me to ask this question: If governments could be successfully sued by citizens seeking payment for economic damages inflicted upon them by governments – damages inflicted sometimes negligently, sometimes recklessly, sometimes intentionally – how many trillions of dollars would plaintiff Americans recover in court from defendant U.S. government?

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