Central Planners Don't Know What's Best for You By Joakim Book Flawed as we are and with limited knowledge about the world and ourselves, we might not know what is objectively “best for us long term.” Government planners know even less.
Japan's Inflation Is Hidden behind Central Bank–Financed Subsidies Taiki Murai | Gunther Schnabl Overall, at least 50 percent of the consumer price index in Japan appears to be government controlled, which is reflected in the significant growth of government spending on subsidies.