Why Statism Is the Wrong Frame

by Conor Friedersdorf

Matt Yglesias writes:

A colleague mentioned to me the other day that I'm "pretty
conservative" on some state and local government issues, with reference
to some recent posts on occupational licensing. Someone on twitter
if I'm trying to score a date with a Cato staffer. I'm not. And I'm
not. And I think that whole framing represents a bad way of
understanding the whole situation.

I think it's pretty clear that, as a historical matter of fact, the main thing "the...