#2008-020A "Institutions and Government Growth: A Comparison of the 1890s and the 1930s"
by Thomas A. Garrett, and Russell M. Rhine
June 2008

Statistics on the size and growth of the U.S. federal government, along with the rhetoric of President Franklin Roosevelt, seem to indicate that the Great Depression was the event that started the dramatic growth in government spending and intervention in the private sector that has continued to the present day. More...

#2007-012C "Government Growth and Private Contributions to Charity"
by Thomas A. Garrett, and Russell M. Rhine
March 2007
Revised May 2008

We exploit the time series properties of charitable giving data to provide additional insights into the relationship between charitable contributions and government spending. More...