NP and fusion again ( was Re: converts to the left)

[Brad De Long]

Re:
>
>We're doing a book on devolution which focuses
>on this problem from assorted angles.  Watch
>this space.
>
>States today are quite different from their
>forebears in terms of administrative capacity,
>political culture, etc.  Even in this conservative
>age the state-local sector today takes a larger
>share of GDP in taxes than in 1980.  There has been
>no 'melt-down' of government, Federal or state.
>Government's as big in the U.S. as it's ever
>been; all governments.
>
>Hope I've brightened your day.
>
>Max

Social democracy forever! The era of big government is just beginning!!

Brad DeLong