Today there was a very interesting post describing government employment on Calculated Risk (responding to a post on Econbrowser).
Much of the conservative punditry claims that politicians in Washington are creating a huge federal government apparatus when the reality is that...
- The growth in the number of government employees has occurred at the state and local levels; places that ordinary citizens can directly impact with their ballots or their feet.
- Government employment is just keeping pace with the amount of economic activity our government needs to govern.
- The number of educators is growing faster than the economy. I am not sure this is a good or bad thing. The problems with our education system do not seem to be getting solved despite throwing more money and more teachers at them.
