02166cam a2200277Li 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230200021000640350021000850430012001060500023001180820012001411000024001532450050001772600064002273000021002914900034003125040035003465050691003816500049010726500048011217400322011697400263014917400111017548300023018658797920230410121026.0090410s2009    xxu    f b    001 0 eng d  a0691123314 (rel)  a(OCoLC)495072804  an-us---14aJK 421bM183c 200900a320.9731 aMadrick, Jeffrey G.14aThe case for big government  /cJeff Madrick.  aPrinceton (N.J.) :bPrinceton University Press,ccop. 2009.  a205 p. ;c23 cm.1 aThe public square book series  aBibliogr. p. [177]-194. Index.0 aGovernment 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 0aOrganizational effectivenesszUnited states. 4aEfectividad organizacionalzEstados Unidos.02aGovernment 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.02aHow 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.02aWhat to do. Pessimism in America ; The failure of conventional wisdom ; America has the money ; An agenda. 4aThe public square.