Issues in Measuring the Level of Government Economic Activity
讨论了联邦信贷计划和税收支出这两类预算外活动对准确衡量政府规模带来的挑战，尤其关注反对政府扩张者的担忧。
For those who oppose the growth of government, some of its more hidden kinds of activities are particularly worrisome. They are also a special challenge to those who simply wish to measure the size of government, let alone try to do something about it. Two of those extra-budgetary areas of operation, federal credit programs and federal tax expenditures, are discussed here.