Government revenues as a share of output are low by international standards and have fallen in recent years (see chart).

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As more and more men, steel and coal went into military output, non-military output declined, bringing down standards of living.

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During the War, as productive output was diverted to the front, consumer goods were rationed back home and living standards fell.

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The book expresses the growing concern among more careful real climate scientists, rather than political scientists, that trends in solar activity portend a return to the cold, limited agricultural output, and widespread disease of the Little Ice Age, or even a more full blown, overdue by historical standards, real ice age.

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