Robert Higgs

About The Author

Robert Higgs is retired senior fellow in political economy, founding editor and former editor at large of the Independent Institute’s quarterly journal The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy. He received his PhD in economics from Johns Hopkins University, and he has taught at the University of Washington; Lafayette College; Seattle University; the University of Economics, Prague; and George Mason University. He has been a visiting scholar at Oxford University and Stanford University, and a fellow for the Hoover Institution and the National Science Foundation. His many books include Crisis and Leviathan; Depression, War, and Cold War; After LeviathanDelusions of Power; Neither Liberty nor Safety; Resurgence of the Warfare StateTaking a Stand; and multiple edited collections.

Books by Robert Higgs

Crisis and Leviathan

Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government

Crisis and Leviathan is Higgs’s masterwork on how government grows in size, scope, and power in response to real or imagined “crises.” From war to economic upheavals, government overreach endures long after each crisis has passed, impinging on civil liberties and fostering extens...

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