Contiene índice temático pp. 150-177

The costs of government is one way of interpreting the contribution made by the Federal, state and local governmetns to our material welfare. The enormous growth in non-military public expenditure is an index of that contribution. The authors tell a well-articulated story which provides us with a sense of the way in which private individuals and business firms have benefited, and may expect to continue to benefit, from participation in the use of economic resources by the several laws of government in the United States