Review

Exports of farm commodities in 1978 totaled $29.4 billion, almost 27 percent of the value of all cash farm receipts, and a further increase in farm exports is expected this year. 

The virtues of a balanced government budget have long been a subject of controversy among economists, politicians, and the general public. Debate on this subject again has heated up in view of the persistence of inflation and what some consider the inadequate growth of private investment and the excessive growth of government.