Our litigious society has driven us in two directions: limiting liability and secrecy. Limiting liability by outsourcing important functions to contractors, who

Our litigious society has driven us in two directions: limiting liability and secrecy. Limiting liability by outsourcing important functions to contractors, who can absorb a lawsuit and simply go under. A government has effectively unlimited liability since it can raise taxes, and can't easily go under, which leaves it broadly exposed. And secrecy like this article. Something will have to give or we'll see more and more of these trends.