# Public Choice: Why Politicians Don't Cut Spending

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/videos/public-choice-why-politicians-dont-cut-spending>

**By** Benjamin Powell

**Published:** April 19, 2011

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Why did politicians cut a trivial amount of money in the recent budget agreement? Prof. Ben Powell explains why politicians don't cut spending, as a general rule. Using public choice economics, or the economics of politics, he shows how the political system naturally leads to overspending.

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