On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 07:28:33PM -0800, Brad DeLong wrote:
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> And there is a certain... bizarreness... in the belief that social
> provisions became less "generous" after 1973... The average OECD
> government collected 30% of GDP in taxes in 1965 and spent about 7%
> of that on the military, leaving government civilian spending at 23%
> of GDP. The average OECD government collects about 43% of GDP in
> taxes today, and spends about 3% of that on the military.
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> There have been important changes in surveillance by the state, in
> the generational distribution of benefit programs, in economic
> regulation, and other areas. But the fact that the typical OECD
> government spent 23% of GDP on domestic programs in 1965 and 40%
> today should not be forgotten.
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> Brad DeLong
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