The Founding Federalism - How the Founders Kept the National Government Limited for 140 years.

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Brief Overview

Economist Robert Higgs argued that crisis was used to expand the national government during the 20th century. At the end, he claims academia has no explanation for how government scope was limited before the 1930s and why it began to expand then.

Author

• Matthew Cude, Liberty University