Federal data collection empowers the United States government to obtain personal information about every American citizen: the checks he writes, the types of causes he supports, what he says “privately” to his doctor. The result—and often the purpose—is a profound erosion of individual autonomy.

Charlotte Twight is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Professor of Economics at Boise State University.
Civil Liberties and Human RightsGovernment and PoliticsGovernment PowerLaw and LibertyPrivacy
Other Independent Review articles by Charlotte Twight
Fall 2017 Passing the Affordable Care Act: Transaction Costs, Legerdemain, Acquisition of Control
Winter 2015/16 Through the Mist: American Liberty and Political Economy, 2065
Fall 2015 Dodd–Frank: Accretion of Power, Illusion of Reform
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