二战结束后，联邦政府再度扩张，这体现了美国的全球新霸主地位及其中产阶级的崛起，其在很大程度上也要归因于罗斯福新政对工会和居屋所有权的支持。
The US federal government expanded again during and after WWII, reflecting the country’s new global hegemony and the prosperity of its middle class (created in no small part by the New Deal’s support for unionization and home ownership).