The Inevitability of Government Growth / / Harold G. Vatter, John F. Walker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Vatter, Harold G.,; Walker, John F.,
• MitwirkendeR: Garrison, Charles B.,; Mayhew, Anne,; Vatter, Harold G.,; Walker, John F.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1990]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 1990
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (298 p.)

Emphasizes that powerful Keynesian types of policy influences have hindered the mixed economy's assumption of government responsibility for sustained high employment. Also looks at other issues during the late 20th century concerning government and the economy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Perils of Fettered Government Expenditures -- 2. The Atrophy of Net Investment and Some Consequences for the U.S. Mixed Economy -- 3. Perspectives on the Forty-sixth Anniversary of the U.S. Mixed Economy -- 4. Budget Deficits and the Quality of Presidential Administrations: 1789–1960 -- 5A. The Princess and the Pea; or the Alleged Vietnam War Origins of the Current Inflation -- 5B. The Alleged Vietnam War Origins of the Current Inflation: A Comment -- 5C. Demonstrating the Undemonstrable: A Reply to Garrison and Mayhew -- 6. Stagnation – Performance and Policy: A Comparison of the Depression Decade with 1973–1984 -- 7. Can the Good Performance of the 1960s Be Repeated in the 1980s? -- 8. Real Public Sector Employment Growth, Wagner’s Law, and Economic Growth in the United States -- 9. Why Has the United States Operated Below Potential Since World War II? -- 10. International Dimensions of a High Growth Rate -- 11. The Inevitability of Government Growth -- Name Index -- Subject Index