Diana Thomas & Randy Simmons

Diana Thomas is a professor of economics at Creighton University and a senior fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland, Calif. Randy Simmons is a professor of economics at Utah State University and a senior fellow at the Independent Institute. They are coauthors of the new book Beyond Politics: The Roots of Government Failure and the Case for Private Action.

Nov 5, 2026

A New Factory Isn't Necessarily a Sign of Growth

In 1989 The Economist described a Soviet bus factory whose workers took sledgehammers to newly manufactured trucks. The bus factory needed only the truck chassis, but government...

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