The Next Age of Government

David Cameron, very possibly Britain’s next Prime Minister, argues that the nature of government is about to change. Margaret Thatcher famously said that socialism inevitable depletes “other people’s money.” Cameron reports that it already has, pointing to cavernous public debt in the U.S., UK, and Europe as evidence.

But Cameron goes further than many U.S. politicians, approaching a top I like to discuss on the stump: the pursuit of happiness. In this TED talk, Cameron lays a sound foundation upon which we can build a conversation about making life better without government. 

Some in the Tea Party movement will point out that we already know how to make a better world by reducing government’s role.  Fine.  We understand that.  But many other don’t.  We need to be able to describe that better world and paint a path to its door.

BONUS: Guess what he holds up to the world as the best example of government transparency?