Theres also very little discussion about what the fundamental principles are behind what, when, how much, and why government should regulate beyond "it's good f

Theres also very little discussion about what the fundamental principles are behind what, when, how much, and why government should regulate beyond "it's good for society" or, worse "it's good for the economy". There's a lot of really bad things you can do under the color of that reasoning and it would be nice to have a series of easy-to-understand concrete litmus tests, or at the very least an enumerated list.