The size of government : measurement, methodology and official statistics

Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The size of government in economics -- 1.1 Economic theory -- 1.2 Economic research -- 1.3 Economic freedom and macroaggregates -- 1.4 Holism and macroeconomics -- 1.5 Austrians and macroeconomics -- Chapter 2 The role of measuring government in economic policy -- 2.1 Macroaggregates and the European Union -- 2.2 The banks -- 2.3 All for "good" figures -- 2.4 Lesson learned, or ignored? -- Chapter 3 A short trip to the past -- 3.1 Growing public -- 3.2 Disappearing government -- 3.3 Rediscovered government -- Chapter 4 The current approach -- 4.1 Taxes -- 4.2 Expenditures -- 4.3 Cost of government -- Downsizing by consolidation -- 4.4 Delimitation of the general government sector -- The concept of control -- The treatment of market behaviour -- Chapter 5 What's wrong with the current approach? -- 5.1 Fifty is not enough -- 5.2 Market forces at work: reality or illusion? -- 5.3 Central banks -- 5.4 What market is a real market? -- 5.5 What is missing? -- 5.6 Where is the dividing line? -- Chapter 6 The size of government and GDP -- 6.1 The informal and illegal economy -- 6.2 Imputed values -- 6.3 Government in GDP -- 6.4 GDP and the size of government -- 6.5 GDP recalculated -- Chapter 7 Is the size of government underestimated? -- 7.1 Government expenditures extended -- 7.2 The government sector extended -- 7.3 Further methodological issues -- Chapter 8 Recalculation of the size of government -- 8.1 Government expenditures recalculated -- 8.2 Recalculated indebtedness -- 8.3 Estimated tax basis and the size of government -- 8.4 Going conventional -- 8.5 Should the indicators be redefined? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.