Industrial & Labor Relations Review | Number 4 Volume 58 Article 84 2005 Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the Eighteenth Century, Vols. 1 (The Story) and 2 (Further Evidence) Peter H. Lindert Review of Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the Eighteenth Century, Vols. 1 (The Story) and 2 (Further Evidence), by Peter H. Lindert. Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Vol. 58, No. 4. Available at: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/ilrreview/vol58/iss4/84