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Year
GDP
(051) Department of Defense?Military:
(053) Atomic energy defense activities
(054) Defense-related activities
(FDE) Military
1792
0.22
0
0
0
1
1793
0.25
0
0
0
1
1794
0.31
0
0
0
5
1795
0.38
0
0
0
3
1796
0.41
0
0
0
2
1797
0.41
0
0
0
1
1798
0.41
0
0
0
3
1799
0.44
0
0
0
5
1800
0.48
0
0
0
6
1801
0.51
0
0
0
4
1802
0.45
0
0
0
2
1803
0.48
0
0
0
2
1804
0.53
0
0
0
2
1805
0.56
0
0
0
2
1806
0.61
0
0
0
3
1807
0.58
0
0
0
3
1808
0.64
0
0
0
5
1809
0.68
0
0
0
6
1810
0.7
0
0
0
4
1811
0.76
0
0
0
4
1812
0.78
0
0
0
16
1813
0.96
0
0
0
26
1814
1.07
0
0
0
28
1815
0.92
0
0
0
23
1816
0.81
0
0
0
20
1817
0.76
0
0
0
11
1818
0.73
0
0
0
9
1819
0.72
0
0
0
10
1820
0.7
0
0
0
7
1821
0.73
0
0
0
8
1822
0.8
0
0
0
5
1823
0.75
0
0
0
6
1824
0.75
0
0
0
6
1825
0.81
0
0
0
7
1826
0.86
0
0
0
8
1827
0.91
0
0
0
8
1828
0.89
0
0
0
8
1829
0.92
0
0
0
8
1830
1.01
0
0
0
8
1831
1.04
0
0
0
9
1832
1.12
0
0
0
9
1833
1.15
0
0
0
11
1834
1.21
0
0
0
9
1835
1.33
0
0
0
10
1836
1.46
0
0
0
18
1837
1.54
0
0
0
20
1838
1.58
0
0
0
19
1839
1.65
0
0
0
15
1840
1.56
0
0
0
13
1841
1.64
0
0
0
15
1842
1.6
0
0
0
15
1843
1.55
0
0
0
7
1844
1.69
0
0
0
12
1845
1.84
0
0
0
12
1846
2.04
0
0
0
17
1847
2.39
0
0
0
46
1848
2.4
0
0
0
35
1849
2.4
0
0
0
25
1850
2.56
0
0
0
17
1851
2.7
0
0
0
21
1852
3.04
0
0
0
17
1853
3.28
0
0
0
21
1854
3.68
0
0
0
23
1855
3.94
0
0
0
28
1856
4.01
0
0
0
31
1857
4.14
0
0
0
32
1858
4.05
0
0
0
39
1859
4.38
0
0
0
38
1860
4.35
0
0
0
28
1861
4.6
0
0
0
35
1862
5.79
0
0
0
437
1863
7.62
0
0
0
663
1864
9.46
0
0
0
777
1865
9.88
0
0
0
1154
1866
8.99
0
0
0
328
1867
8.34
0
0
0
126
1868
8.15
0
0
0
149
1869
7.85
0
0
0
99
1870
7.74
0
0
0
79
1871
7.59
0
0
0
55
1872
8.23
0
0
0
57
1873
8.75
0
0
0
70
1874
8.48
0
0
0
73
1875
8.16
0
0
0
63
1876
8.31
0
0
0
57
1877
8.52
0
0
0
52
1878
8.38
0
0
0
50
1879
9.36
0
0
0
56
1880
10.4
0
0
0
52
1881
11.6
0
0
0
56
1882
12.2
0
0
0
59
1883
12.3
0
0
0
64
1884
11.8
0
0
0
57
1885
11.6
0
0
0
59
1886
12.2
0
0
0
48
1887
13.1
0
0
0
54
1888
13.9
0
0
0
55
1889
13.9
0
0
0
66
1890
15.1
0
0
0
67
1891
15.4
0
0
0
75
1892
16.4
0
0
0
76
1893
15.4
0
0
0
80
1894
14.1
0
0
0
86
1895
15.6
0
0
0
81
1896
15.5
0
0
0
78
1897
16.2
0
0
0
84
1898
18.1
0
0
0
151
1899
19.5
0
0
0
294
1900
20.6
0
0
0
191
1901
22.3
0
0
0
205
1902
24.1
0
0
0
162
1903
25.9
0
0
0
168
1904
25.7
0
0
0
175
1905
28.8
0
0
0
181
1906
31
0
0
0
188
1907
33.9
0
0
0
196
1908
30.1
0
0
0
203
1909
32.2
0
0
0
211
1910
33.4
0
0
0
219
1911
34.3
0
0
0
227
1912
37.4
0
0
0
236
1913
39.1
0
0
0
245
1914
36.5
0
0
0
259
1915
38.7
0
0
0
257
1916
49.6
0
0
0
253
1917
59.7
0
0
0
536
1918
75.8
0
0
0
6070
1919
78.3
0
0
0
10934
1920
88.4
0
0
0
2282
1921
73.6
0
0
0
1694
1922
73.4
0
0
0
864
1923
85.4
0
0
0
802
1924
86.9
0
0
0
746
1925
90.6
0
0
0
693
1926
96.9
0
0
0
644
1927
95.5
0
0
0
599
1928
97.4
0
0
0
618
1929
103.6
0
0
0
638
1930
91.2
0
0
0
658
1931
76.5
0
0
0
680
1932
58.7
0
0
0
702
1933
56.4
0
0
0
621
1934
66
0
0
0
541
1935
73.3
0
0
0
728
1936
83.8
0
0
0
916
1937
91.9
0
0
0
968
1938
86.1
0
0
0
1021
1939
92.2
0
0
0
1294
1940
101.4
0
0
0
1567
1941
126.7
0
0
0
5875
1942
161.9
0
0
0
22633
1943
198.6
0
0
0
60882
1944
219.8
0
0
0
74670
1945
223
0
0
0
80616
1946
222.2
0
0
0
42677
1947
244.1
0
0
0
13888
1948
269.1
0
0
0
10642
1949
267.2
0
0
0
11380
1950
293.7
0
0
0
12118
1951
339.3
0
0
0
19136
1952
358.3
0
0
0
38962
1953
379.3
0
0
0
43847
1954
380.4
0
0
0
40519
1955
414.7
0
0
0
35782
1956
437.4
0
0
0
35553
1957
461.1
0
0
0
39073
1958
467.2
0
0
0
38998
1959
506.6
0
0
0
41230
1960
526.4
0
0
0
41340
1961
544.8
0
0
0
43068
1962
585.7
50111
2074
160
0
1963
617.8
51147
2041
212
0
1964
663.6
52585
1902
270
0
1965
719.1
48780
1620
220
0
1966
787.7
56629
1466
16
0
1967
832.4
70069
1277
71
0
1968
909.8
80355
1336
235
0
1969
984.4
80771
1389
337
0
1970
1038.3
80123
1415
154
0
1971
1126.8
77497
1385
-10
0
1972
1237.9
77645
1373
156
0
1973
1382.3
75033
1409
240
0
1974
1499.5
77864
1486
-3
0
1975
1637.7
84852
1506
151
0
1976
1824.6
87917
1565
137
0
1977
2030.1
95147
1936
158
0
1978
2293.8
102259
2070
166
0
1979
2562.2
113605
2541
196
0
1980
2788.1
130912
2878
206
0
1981
3126.8
153861
3398
253
0
1982
3253.2
180693
4309
307
0
1983
3534.6
204356
5171
375
0
1984
3930.9
220865
6120
428
0
1985
4217.5
245114
7098
535
0
1986
4460.1
265443
7445
487
0
1987
4736.4
273922
7451
626
0
1988
5100.4
281890
7913
557
0
1989
5482.1
294834
8119
606
0
1990
5800.5
289704
8988
639
0
1991
5992.1
262330
9998
964
0
1992
6342.3
286838
10613
899
0
1993
6667.4
278498
11011
1577
0
1994
7085.2
268556
11884
1202
0
1995
7414.7
259376
11769
921
0
1996
7838.5
253135
11637
981
0
1997
8332.4
258254
11267
984
0
1998
8793.5
255806
11262
1139
0
1999
9353.5
261214
12221
1350
0
2000
9951.5
281060
12138
1196
0
2001
10286.2
290212
12931
1616
0
2002
10642.3
331871
14795
1816
0
2003
11142.1
387319
16029
1572
0
2004
11867.8
436521
16625
2762
0
2005
12638.4
474163
18042
3130
0
2006
13398.9
499310
17468
5062
0
2007
14077.6
528563
17050
5673
0
2008
14441.4
594632
17126
4315
0
2009
14258.2
636742
17552
6755
0
2010
14623.9
692032
19975
7172
0
2011
15299
721286
20915
7547
0
2012
16203.3
653425
21042
7216
0
2013
17182.2
633919
19384
7034
0
2014
18192.6
642904
19558
7104
0
2015
19190.4
657337
20004
7250
0
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Three dynamic and converging systems functioning as one: a democratic polity, an economy based on markets
and incentives, and a moral-cultural system which is plural and, in the largest sense, liberal.
Michael Novak, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism
“We have met with families in which for weeks together, not an article of sustenance but potatoes had been used; yet for every child the hard-earned sum was provided to send them to school.”
E. G. West, Education and the State
The Union publishes an exact return of the amount of its taxes; I can get copies of the budgets of the four and twenty component states; but who can tell me what the citizens spend in the administration of county and township? Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
In 1911... at least nine million of the 12 million covered by national insurance were already members of voluntary sick pay schemes. A similar proportion were also eligible for medical care.
Green, Reinventing Civil Society
