抄録 | This paper aims to examine the evolution of views on the role of government from the findings of British economists. The economists discussed here are: W. Petty, founder and mercantilist of statistics, A. Smith, the founder of economics, J. S. Mill in the period of capitalist stability, A. Marshall, founder of the Cambridge School, A. C. Pigou, the advocate of welfare economics, and J. M. Keynes, the founder of macroeconomics and advocated for new Liberalism.Petty and Smith argued that the role of the government was to build and maintain industrial and social infrastructure for economic development. Mill was concerned about the growing role of the government in economic development, and attempted to divide it. Marshall, Pigou and Keynes refer to the role of government in an economically developed society. Marshall showed how the construction and maintenance of industrial and social infrastructure as a role of government contributes to economic development. Pigou argues that there is a role for government in incorporating market failures into the economy. Keynes, from a new liberalistic perspective, argues that fiscal policy is always necessary for the economy to stabilize, and that it is the role of government. Therefore, over the years, as the size of the economy expanded, the role of the government and the rationale for the role of the government were expanded, but suppression and regulation of the policy of such expansion were repeated. |