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Bigg By PATTY SHAUGHNESSY Gamecock Staff Writer No one is afraid of the growth of government, G. Warren Nutter said Thursday in his lecture at an econmics seminar at the Business Administration college. Nutter, chairman of the Economics department at the University of Virginia, spoke on "Who's Afraid of Big Government: A Survey of Growth Trends of Government in the Western World." Nutter used government expenditures as a percentage of the national income on all levels of government to show the growth trends. He discussed 16 western countries in the years 1950 and 1974. IN 1950 the median expenditure of the 16 countries was 29 per cent of national income, and in 1974 the median expenditure was 51 per cent. This shows an obvious growth pattern in the size of government, Nutter said. The range of expenditure in iQsn urac from 17 to 39 percent and in 1974 it was from 28-64 per cent. "So in 1974 the smallest government was almost as big as the largest government in 1950,"Nutter said. To find where the money was spent, Nutter classified spending into two categories external, for foreign affairs and securitv: and domestic transfer, for money that changed hands inside the country. The median external expenditure in 1950 was 4.2 per cent with a range from .8 percent for the smallest spender to 8.2 per cent for the largest spender. In 1974 the median figure was 4 per cent and the range was from 1 to 7.1 per cent. FROM THESE FIGURES Nutter concluded that external expenditures were not the explanation for increased government spending in the 24 years. "The United States was not the Diggest spender on foreign affairs in 1974. It was the United Kingdom, believe it or not," Nutter said. Domestic transfer "counts a great deal for what happened," Nutter said. In 1950 the median expenditure was 7.3 per cent, and in 1974 taht figure grew to 18 per ppnt TVin ?nn?n 1' " ww.v. ...v, longc ui apenuing in iybU was from 3 to 16 per cent and in 1974 was from 7 to 29 per cent. In 1950 the three largest governments were France, Germany and the United Kingdom. In 1974 the three largest were Sweden, Norway and the iNemerianas. The biggest growth in percentage points from 1950 to 1974 was scored by Denmark, Sweden and Norway. THE SMALLEST GOVERNMENTS in 1950 were Japan, Switzerland and Denmark. "In Japan in 1950 government spending accounted for 17 per cent of national income," Nutter said, jlHHimi Hio? "11 Mww*i?5 mat Oiliail CXpCHQIlUrCS were not unusual. U.S. spending accounted for just 26 per cent of national income. Switzerland, Japan and Australia had the smallest governments in 1974. overnment: WHEN THE depression hit in the 30's "we sought a way our by creating a welfare state in record speed,"Nutter said. Government spending doubled within 10 years, during the 30's and was evenly divided between defense and internal affairs. During the 40's and 50's the size of government varied, because of war. 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