In a hearing Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., challenged the ability of "central planners" overseeing the response to the coronavirus pandemic to make decisions such as when children should go back to school.

"It is a fatal conceit to believe any one person or small group of people has the knowledge necessary to direct an economy or dictate public health behavior," he said, referencing the book by the famous Austrian economist and political philosopher Friedrich Hayek, "The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism."

In a hearing Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., challenged the ability of "central planners" overseeing the response to the coronavirus pandemic to make decisions such as when children should go back to school.

"It is a fatal conceit to believe any one person or small group of people has the knowledge necessary to direct an economy or dictate public health behavior," he said, referencing the book by the famous Austrian economist and political philosopher Friedrich Hayek, "The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism."