"perhaps THE economic historian"

2010-01-25 · Original WordPress address

I think you should interview Peter Lindert at UC-Davis. He's an economic historian (perhaps THE economic historian) that welfare state scholars look to. His book Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the Eighteenth Century asserts that there is not a tradeoff between economic growth and taxes. He says there really is such a thing as a free lunch. Seriously, check him and his book out. He's tremendously respected in the field and his life's work is exactly this question.