Briefly characterize changes in the pattern of government spending since the end of World War II.
What will be an ideal response?
Overall government spending has been characterized by decreasing levels of defense spending and increasing levels of social spending. Immediately following WWII, defense expenditures were 29% of total public expenditures and 36% of federal expenditures. During the height of the Cold War, defense spending reached as high as 37% of total public expenditures and 62% of federal expenditures. Spending on social services increased from 7% of total public expenditures in 1948 to 64% of total expenditures in 2011. Federal government spending accounts for more than 50% of total expenditures.
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