Source: EconTalk
by Justin Callais
“Charlie Munger once said that ‘it’s not the bad ideas that do you in, but the good ones.’ While some have taken this quote to mean that people get stuck too easily on their good ideas, even if they don’t work. But you can also consider this to mean that poorly implemented ‘good’ ideas can have dangerous consequences for these ideas, perhaps even more so than people never taking your ideas seriously in the first place. At least as currently implemented, I’m afraid that this is where the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is. But first, I’d like to give DOGE some credit. They are at least bringing about a conversation, or a ‘vibe shift’ in the necessity of a seemingly never-ending increase in government spending.” (04/13/25)
https://www.econlib.org/why-classical-liberals-should-be-skeptical-of-doge/