Is California Moving Toward Government-Owned Electricity?

Is California Moving Toward Government-Owned Electricity?
Solar panels are seen next to a Southern California Edison electricity station in Carson, Calif., on March 4, 2015. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
John Seiler
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Commentary
In 1929, almost a century ago, the great economist Ludwig von Mises published “A Critique of Interventionism.” It’s written in plain language and is free online. He described how government intervention in the free market isn’t socialism but eventually “leads to socialism because government intervention is not only superfluous and useless, but also harmful. ... It lowers labor productivity and redirects production along lines of political command, rather than consumer satisfaction.”
John Seiler
John Seiler
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John Seiler is a veteran California opinion writer. Mr. Seiler has written editorials for The Orange County Register for almost 30 years. He is a U.S. Army veteran and former press secretary for California state Sen. John Moorlach. He blogs at JohnSeiler.Substack.com and his email is [email protected]