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What do governments spend money on?

What do governments spend money on? In this video, Dr Ben Hardy explores how changing attitudes to the role government affect public spending.

What do governments spend money on, and how has government spending changed?

Dr Ben Hardy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management, explores how changing perspectives on the role of government, as well as the prevailing social, political and economic conditions, have altered the public spending landscape.

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