Federal data collection empowers the United States government to obtain personal information about every American citizen: the checks he writes, the types of causes he supports, what he says “privately” to his doctor. The result—and often the purpose—is a profound erosion of individual autonomy.
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Charlotte Twight is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Professor of Economics at Boise State University.
| Other Independent Review articles by Charlotte Twight | ||
| Fall 2017 | Passing the Affordable Care Act: Transaction Costs, Legerdemain, Acquisition of Control | |
| Winter 2015/16 | Through the Mist: American Liberty and Political Economy, 2065 | |
| Fall 2015 | Dodd–Frank: Accretion of Power, Illusion of Reform | |
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