Robert Higgs

Articles

12 Myths Fueling Government Overreach in Times of Crisis

04/22/2021 Mises Wire Robert Higgs

We must act now! It's better to do something than nothing! This has never happened before! The experts will show us the way! From the great depression to the crises of today, we hear these claims over and over again.

Higgs on Hulsmann and Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism

09/17/2018 Power & Market Robert Higgs

I have known Guido a long time, and when he was working on the book, I used to goad him by asking frequently, “When are you going to finish that Mises book?” I had no idea what a tremendous project...

Employers Do Not Systematically and Persistently Pay Women Less than Men for Equally Valuable Work

04/14/2015 Mises Wire Robert Higgs

The quality of economic journalism in the United States is terrible. Day after day, journalists write about the causes and consequences of economic conditions and events without understanding the...

Publications

Delusions of Power

01/11/2016 Robert Higgs

Taking a close look at the dense fabric that our government weaves between war, state power, and economics, this collection of essays reveals the growing authority—and corruption—of the American state. Covering topics from the Lyndon Johnson

Crisis and Leviathan

01/11/2016 Robert Higgs

This seminal treatise in the history of ideas demonstrates what has come to be known as the Higgs thesis: that government grows in periods of crisis, for example, war and depression. He demonstrates this with a detailed look at twentieth century

Against Leviathan

01/11/2016 Robert Higgs

What is fundamentally wrong with government today? In Against Leviathan, economist and historian, Robert Higgs, offers an unflinching critical analysis of government power in all its aspects: welfare, warfare, regulation, spying, and its imposition

Media

Robert Higgs: The State is too Dangerous to Tolerate

07/22/2016 Robert Higgs

Robert Higgs demolishes many of the popular misconceptions about — and justifications for — the state.

Regime Uncertainty

07/22/2015 Robert Higgs

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 22 July 2015.

Bob Higgs: War is the Master Key of the State

08/07/2015 Robert Higgs Jeff Deist

Dr. Higgs discusses war and the growth of the state.

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