books.google.fr - Peter Lindert inquires as to whether social policies that redistribute income impose constraints on economic growth. Although taxes and transfers have been debated for centuries, only recently have we been able to obtain a clear view of the evolution of social spending. Lindert argues that, contrary...http://books.google.fr/books/about/Growing_Public_Volume_1_The_Story.html?hl=fr&id=jtOl3GWy8xQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareGrowing Public: Volume 1, The Story