The True Size of Government

ISBN-13: 9780815752653 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 238 str.

Paul Charles Light

Opis

This work addresses a seemingly simple question: just how many people really work for the federal government? According to Paul Light, the true head count is nearly nine times higher than the official numbers, with about 17 million people providing the government with goods and services. Most are part of what Light calls the shadow of government - nonfederal employees working under federal contracts, grants and mandates to state and local governments. In this book he explores the reasons why the official size of the federal government has remained so small while the shadow of government has grown so large.