Between 1940 and 2005, Total Government Spending as a Percentage

question 2

Multiple Choice

Between 1940 and 2005, total government spending as a percentage of GDP nearly doubled.  The primary source of this growth in spending was

• A) increases in military expenditures.
• B) increases in government purchases of goods and services.
• C) increases in transfer payments.
• D) increases in the number of federal employees relative to the total labor force.

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Freud's Theory

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