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Orszag: Bureaucrats Get Paid More Because they’re Better Workers
As a lengthy economic slowdown has taken its toll on private sector workers, there’s still one ‘industry’ that’s flush: government. In good times and bad, government keeps growing. And in recent years, government employment has become even more attractive, as the gap between private sector and public sector compensation grows...
External Resources
Who has received taxpayer money? One resource for tracking it is CNNMoney’s Bailout Tracker. Each year the Heritage Foundation updates its Index of Dependence on Government. You can find the most recent edition here. Private sector unionization continues to fall – increasing the significance of public sector unions, and the...