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Access to the Books Is the Key to Control

Access to the Books Is the Key to Control
Elon Musk speaks next to President Donald Trump (not pictured) in the Oval Office on Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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A major moment for the new Trump administration came in its first week, when the employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) gained access to the Treasury Department’s payment systems. They could not change anything. They could only look at what was happening, provide new mappings, and generally figure out what was going on behind the scenes.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Author
Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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