The years after World War I have often been seen as an era when Republican presidents and business leaders brought the growth of government in the United States

Political conservatives have long believed that the best government is a small government. But if this were true, noted economist Jeff Madrick argues, the natio

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The debate over the size and scope of the federal government has raged since the New Deal. So why have opponents of big government so rarely made political head

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