Why I Am a Big Government Skeptic and Small Government Advocate

Michael A. Walker
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Michael A. Walker: Fraser Institute

Chapter Chapter 79 in Libertarian Autobiographies, 2023, pp 473-478 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract I was a “government is great” skeptic because of the way my father was treated by government. So I measure the effect of government policies to reduce the number of dumb policies selected. I was recruited by the Central Bank and then the Federal Department of Finance because I was good at econometrics and mathematical modeling. For five years I worked very hard to try to prevent monetary policy and fiscal policy mistakes. Then a former fellow student who had been a Hungarian Freedom fighter asked me if I was interested in creating a private institute that would provide an independent private sector assessment of the impact of proposed government policies. Thus began the Fraser Institute and my life’s work.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29608-6_79

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