How the American Republic Became a Managerial State

How the American Republic Became a Managerial State by Bruce Pardy at Brownstone Institute It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The United States was the land of the free. Limited government. Checks and balances. Separation of powers. The Bill of Rights. But America has instead become a managed society. Its government dominates the lives of its people. How did it go wrong? Lots of bad steps helped to transform the American republic into a managerial state. Here are eleven of the moments that sent the ship off course. Residual Powers: The “Necessary and Proper Clause”, 1788 The first American constitution, the Articles of Confederation, didn’t last long. Written in 1777 but not fully ratified until 1781, the Articles...

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