PS 201	Introduction to US Politics
Joseph Boland	Fall, 1998

Public Spending, All Levels of Government, 1890-1990
		*Expenditures Per Person in 1958 Dollars*
Year	Percent of GNP	All Government	Federal	State/Local	Federal Social Welfare
1890	7	56	20	36	7
1913	8	109	33	76	7
1927	12	188	59	129	10
1940	20	352	173	179	59
1962	31	893	575	318	155
1980	36	1584	1020	564	500
1990	40	2025	1271	754	623
From Ballard C. Campbell, The Growth of American Government. 1995. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. P34.