Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Tables IX
4. Introduction XIII
5. Acknowledgments XIX
6. 1. The Perils of Fettered Government Expenditures 1
7. 2. The Atrophy of Net Investment and Some Consequences for the U.S. Mixed Economy 6
8. 3. Perspectives on the Forty-sixth Anniversary of the U.S. Mixed Economy 23
9. 4. Budget Deficits and the Quality of Presidential Administrations: 1789–1960 62
10. 5A. The Princess and the Pea; or the Alleged Vietnam War Origins of the Current Inflation 70
11. 5B. The Alleged Vietnam War Origins of the Current Inflation: A Comment 82
12. 5C. Demonstrating the Undemonstrable: A Reply to Garrison and Mayhew 94
13. 6. Stagnation – Performance and Policy: A Comparison of the Depression Decade with 1973–1984 105
14. 7. Can the Good Performance of the 1960s Be Repeated in the 1980s? 120
15. 8. Real Public Sector Employment Growth, Wagner’s Law, and Economic Growth in the United States 130
16. 9. Why Has the United States Operated Below Potential Since World War II? 153
17. 10. International Dimensions of a High Growth Rate 173
18. 11. The Inevitability of Government Growth 202
19. Name Index 291
20. Subject Index 295