In both 1933 and 1965, liberal majorities imposed vast expansions of government that have never been repealed, and the current financial panic may give today's left another pretext to return to those heydays of welfare-state liberalism.

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This great circular game of mutual exploitation Interest Group Liberalism is the central dynamo at the core of the modern welfare state.

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It would be a genuine contest between big government liberalism and small government conservatism: Clinton's internationalism and support for welfare programs vs.

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