Crisis, Bigger Government, and Ideological Change

Higgs, R. (1985). Crisis, Bigger Government, and Ideological Change: Two Hypotheses on the Ratchet Phenomenon. Explorations in Economic History, 22(1), 1-28.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1985

Volume

22

Issue

1

Pages

1-28

ISSN

0014-4983

DOI

10.1016/0014-4983(85)90019-1

DOI registrant

Elsevier

Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-4983(85)90019-1

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Primes

• Ratchet Effect
  • The lock is political status-quo bias — constituencies form around each program, making removal require affirmative, contested action.

    This sourceStates the ratchet hypothesis of government growth: each crisis expands programs and authority that political status-quo bias then locks in, leaving a permanent residue.

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