The case for big government /
Madrick, Jeffrey G.
The case for big government / Jeff Madrick. - Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton University Press, cop. 2009. - 205 p. ; 23 cm. - The public square book series . - The public square. .
Bibliogr. p. [177]-194. Index.
Government and change in America. The danger of an ideology ; The evidence ; Looking-back narratives from the right and left ; The myth of laissez-faire ; The many uses of government in the 1800s ; Government as an agent of change in the 1900s ; The economic benefits of government ; Resisting a pragmatic government -- How much we have changed. The history of change ; The new challenge to the standard of living ; The broad threat to the American promise ; It's not just inequality ; When knowledge also changes ; The purpose of government ; Forsaking pragmatism for ideology -- What to do. Pessimism in America ; The failure of conventional wisdom ; America has the money ; An agenda
0691123314 (rel)
Organizational effectiveness--United states.
Efectividad organizacional--Estados Unidos.
JK 421 / M183c 2009
320.973
The case for big government / Jeff Madrick. - Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton University Press, cop. 2009. - 205 p. ; 23 cm. - The public square book series . - The public square. .
Bibliogr. p. [177]-194. Index.
Government and change in America. The danger of an ideology ; The evidence ; Looking-back narratives from the right and left ; The myth of laissez-faire ; The many uses of government in the 1800s ; Government as an agent of change in the 1900s ; The economic benefits of government ; Resisting a pragmatic government -- How much we have changed. The history of change ; The new challenge to the standard of living ; The broad threat to the American promise ; It's not just inequality ; When knowledge also changes ; The purpose of government ; Forsaking pragmatism for ideology -- What to do. Pessimism in America ; The failure of conventional wisdom ; America has the money ; An agenda
0691123314 (rel)
Organizational effectiveness--United states.
Efectividad organizacional--Estados Unidos.
JK 421 / M183c 2009
320.973