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July 25, 2011

World Is Spending Itself to Death

Neil Reynolds, Globe and Mail

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In 1900, the governments of the most advanced economies taxed and spent, on average, 10 percent of respective GDP each year. By 2000, they taxed and spent 33 percent – France alone taxed and spent more than 50 percent.

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