Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government
by Robert Higgs
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Discussing how government has continually grown in size and scope during the past century, this account demonstrates that the main reason lies in government's responses to national "crises" (real or imagined), including economic upheavals and, especially, war. The result, this book argues, is the ever-increasing government power, which endures long after each crisis has passed, impinging on both civil and economic liberties and fostering extensive corporate welfare. Offering ideological show more explanations for the ascension of the role of government... show lessTags
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- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Economics, History, General Nonfiction, Philosophy
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- 353.0409 — Society, Government, and Culture Public administration & military science Specific fields of public administration Departments
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- JK411 .H54 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (United States) Political institutions and public administration United States Government. Public administration
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