What the Cult of Efficiency Costs Us
The Save Our Bacon Act is bad for pigs and bad for us.
Ezra Klein
June 14, 2026
A pig sniffing at a daisy.

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Ezra Klein

What the Cult of Efficiency Costs Us

The Save Our Bacon Act is bad for pigs and bad for us.

By Ezra Klein

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