The Changing Role of the State in the Economy: A Historical Perspective

September 1, 1997

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Vito Tanzi. The Changing Role of the State in the Economy: A Historical Perspective, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1997) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

This paper discusses the role of the state from a historical perspective. It outlines how that role has changed over the past hundred years and discusses the forces that have promoted the changes. In the period between 1913 and 1980, there was a large increase in public spending in industrial countries and a considerable expansion in the role of the government in the economy in all countries. The paper also outlines the intellectual developments that, starting in the 1970s, have brought about a reaction to the large role that the state has come to play in the economy.

Subject: Economic sectors, Expenditure, Income, Labor, National accounts, Public enterprises, Public sector

Keywords: Country, Eastern Europe, Europe, Government, Government activism, Government bureaucrat, Government employee, Government policy, Government provision, Government regulation, Government role, Income, Policy, Public enterprises, Public sector, Role of the State, Southeast Asia, State intervention, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

28
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Working Paper No. 1997/114
Stock No:

WPIEA1141997
ISBN:

9781451943450
ISSN:

1018-5941

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