The end of World War II to the present is a fairly stable regime, so it can be instructive to see what changed over the course of that era.

In any case, no matter what two points of time you choose, you see the role of government in society increase, whether you want to look at government spending as a share of GDP or the compliance costs paid by corporations as a share of the revenue or the percentage of the workforce who specialize in navigating government-constructed regulations.