The Era of Big Government Was Over a Long Time Ago

September 16, 2011Erik Kain

Matt Yglesias posts a chart showing the ratio of public to private sector workers in the United States: He writes: By this metric, the era of big government came to an end long before Bill Clinton appeared on the scene. In parallel to this, however, we’ve seen the rise of a para-government. That’s not just […]

Erik Kain

Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the editor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.