Giving Liberally

Endless Intervention?

Giving banks money was distasteful but necessary; telling them how to spend it is tempting but wrong.

About the Author

John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.

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Endless Intervention?

Giving banks money was distasteful but necessary; telling them how to spend it is tempting but wrong.

About the Author

John J. Miller

John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.