All of this is a reminder that the institution of Government, as someone once said, is not the solution to the problem; it very often is the problem. What was good economic advice before COVID-19 remains good economic advice after it. We now hear the finance Minister asking his officials, "What new functions should the Government take on?". "What goods should we make in New Zealand?" we just heard from the Deputy Prime Minister. It would be a mistake to reward the institution of Government by expanding it when its failures are in part responsible for the scope and size of the crisis we now face.