Professor Don Boudreaux nails it on the head with this opinion piece for the Christian Science Monitor.

As he says, the article challenges "the notion that political "Progressives" are more thoughtful and more committed to rational ideas than are libertarians and other genuine liberals:"

Here's a snippet:

Trouble is, progressives’ understanding of the source of progress is regressive. It reflects an outmoded belief that society advances only if it is consciously designed by well-meaning and smart intellectuals and steered by a beneficent and powerful government.

Read the entire commentary here…