August 10, 2010 2:25PM 

# You Heard It Here First: Grasping Government 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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This week’s cover of the *Economist* [warns](http://www.economist.com/node/16743343?Story_ID=16743343) of the state’s growing involvement in industries, 
in countries from the United States to Europe to China.

You could have heard many of the same concerns — admittedly for a good bit more money — two weeks ago at this year’s Cato University summer seminar, “[Confronting Grasping Government](https://www.cato.org/cato-university/).”

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