Growing public : social spending and economic growth since the eighteenth century. Volume I, The story /
Peter H. Lindert
- Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004
- 377 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index
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GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY--HISTORY--CASE STUDIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION--HISTORY--CASE STUDIES TRANSFER PAYMENTS--HISTORY--CASE STUDIES WELFARE ECONOMICS--HISTORY--CASE STUDIES