The article argues that earlier “common good” policies have contributed to many of today’s social and economic problems. Its central point is that policies designed to serve broad public interests can produce harmful long-term consequences when they distort incentives, limit choice or entrench ineffective institutions.

Although the supplied article text contains no substantive content beyond an access notice, the title suggests a critique of past government intervention rather than a report of a specific event. The argument appears to frame current difficulties as outcomes of well-intentioned policy decisions made in the name of collective benefit.