Crisis and Leviathan

“When was the last time you heard the president tell the country it was time to relax emergency powers? His actions validate the argument made in Robert Higgs’s classic work, Crisis and Leviathan.” – Senator Rand Paul
“A book of major importance, thoroughly researched, closely argued, and meticulously documented. It should be high on the reading list of every serious student of the American political system.” * Political Science Quarterly *
“An important, powerful, and profoundly disturbing book.” – James M. Buchanan, Nobel Laureate in Economic Science * Journal of Economic History *
“A thoughtful and challenging work.” * Harper’s *
“Insightful, compelling, and clear, Higgs breaks new ground in explicating the most important socio-political trend of our time—the growth of American government.” * Freeman *

Robert Higgs is Retired Senior Fellow in Political Economy and Founding Editor and former Editor at Large of The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy.

He received his Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University. He has taught at the University of Washington, Lafayette College, Seattle University, the University of Economics, Prague, and George Mason University. He has also 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 Leviathan; Delusions of Power; Neither Liberty Nor Safety; Resurgence of the Warfare State; Taking a Stand; and multiple edited collections.

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