Robert Higgs is senior fellow in political economy
for the Independent Institute and the editor of the Institute’s
quarterly journal, the Independent Review. He is also the author of
several books, including Against Leviathan, Competition and
Coercion, Neither Liberty Nor Safety, Resurgence of the Warfare
State, and The Transformation of the American Economy 1865–1914,
and the recipient of numerous awards, such as the Gary Schlarbaum
Award for Lifetime Defense of Liberty and the Lysander Spooner
Award for Advancing the Literature of Liberty. He lives in
Covington, Louisiana.
Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr. was a professor emeritus of
history at the State University of New York–Albany, a Guggenheim
fellow, and the author of dozens of articles and 10 books,
including The Civilian and the Military and The Decline of American
Liberalism.
"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
"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
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
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