Madrick, Jeffrey G. <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Bibliogr. p. [177]-194. Index. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0691123314 (rel) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Organizational effectiveness--United states.<br/>Efectividad organizacional--Estados Unidos.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK 421  / M183c 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.973