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CHAPTER OVERVIEW AND TEACHING TIPS In most adva need in dustrial coun tries, in elud ing the Un ited States, gover nment has grow n dramatically over the past few decades. Spending is grow ing; tax receipts are grow ing (after a brief dow ntur n; in come-support programs and regulato-ry in terve nti on into the marketplace have become a way of life. Farm-support payme nts exploded in the 1980s. Debate with in your class may suggest the likely direct ion that this type of activity will take over the n ext few years, but every-one should be convin ced that the days of anything remotely resembli