If we didn’t know it already, the coronavirus pandemic has revealed how ineffective and wasteful bureaucratic governance can be.

Let’s start with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC was established in 1942 in response to a malaria outbreak in the Southeastern U.S. It was known then as the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas, but its purpose was the same: It was created to study and prevent the spread of viruses and other communicable diseases.