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  • The Indispensable Robert Higgs

    A Reader

    par Robert Higgs ...
    A sweeping celebration of one of the most original and fearless voices in modern political thought.Best known for his landmark work Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government, Robert Higgs has repeatedly reshaped how scholars and citizens understand the relationship among government expansion, economic crises, and individual liberty. This carefully curated volume ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Crisis and Leviathan

    Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government

    par Robert Higgs ...
    Collections series The Essential Robert Higgs
    Crisis and Leviathan is Higgs' 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 extensive corporate welfare.Few topics are as timely as the growth of government. To understand why government has grown, ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

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  • Crisis y Leviatán

    Los episodios clave en la expansión del Estado en Estados Unidos

    par Robert Higgs ...
    Traduit par María Magdalena Pallejà Rosich ...
    Collections series Instituto Juan de Mariana - Value School
    Para entender por qué el tamaño de los Estados no para de crecer, hay que comprender cómo se produce esa expansión. ¿Cuándo tiene lugar? ¿A qué se debe? ¿Es nuestro destino que el Estado asuma cada vez más funciones y gastos? ¿Por qué nos resignamos a que sea así?En este libro ya clásico, que aporta una original perspectiva sobre uno de los grandes problemas de nuestro tiempo, el historiador de la ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Arms, Politics, and the Economy

    Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

    Modifié par Robert Higgs ...
    The U. S. Department of Defense is actually one of the world’s largest planned economies. Like all planned economies, it has gross inefficiencies. This book is a penetrating analysis of the military-industrial-Congressional complex, and offers new insights into how meaningful reform can be achieved.Prior to World War II, the United States maintained insignificant military forces and weapons ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Challenge of Liberty

    Classical Liberalism Today

    par Robert Higgs ...
    Is Classical Liberalism Still Vital?The quest for freedom has always been as much a battle of ideas as it is a popular struggle. Classical liberal pioneers such as John Locke and Adam Smith stressed the inherent worth of the individual, inalienable rights, and the benevolent consequences of the cooperative, peaceful pursuit of one’s own happiness. These ideas became the intellectual scaffolding ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Opposing the Crusader State

    Alternatives to Global Interventionism

    par Robert Higgs, Carl P. Close ...
    Opposing the Crusader State: Alternatives to Global Interventionism, edited by Robert Higgs and Carl Close, examines the history of American noninterventionism and its relevance in today's world.For more than a century U.S. foreign policy—whether conducted by Democrats or Republicans, liberals or conservatives—has been based on the assumption that Americans' interests are served best by ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Re-Thinking Green

    Alternatives to Environmental Bureaucracy

    par Robert Higgs ...
    Environmental quality has been a major public concern since the first Earth Day in 1970, yet the maze of environmental laws and regulations enacted since then has fostered huge government bureaucracies better known for waste and failure than for innovation and success.Can we do better than this failed environmental bureaucracy? The noted contributors to this volume answer with a resounding "yes. ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • Against Leviathan

    Government Power and a Free Society

    par 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.Against Leviathan combines an economist’s analytical scrutiny, an historian’s respect for the facts, and a refusal to accept the standard excuses and cruelties of government officialdom. Topics include Social Security, the ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • Depression, War, and Cold War

    Studies in Political Economy

    par Robert Higgs ...
    Other books exist that warn of the dangers of empire and war. However, few, if any, of these books do so from a scholarly, informed economic standpoint. In Depression, War, and Cold War , Robert Higgs, a highly regarded economic historian, makes pointed, fresh economic arguments against war, showing links between government policies and the economy in a clear, accessible way. He boldly questions, ... En savoir plus

    $74.39 CAD

  • Delusions of Power

    New Explorations of the State, War, and Economy

    par Robert Higgs ...
    In Delusions of Power, economic historian Robert Higgs calls into question our ingrained notions concerning the nature of the state and democracy. Higgs uproots the foundation stone upon which the state’s powers have rested and grown unchecked by the public.Beginning with the Founding Fathers and moving forward, Higgs reassesses the world wars, the Great Depression and the New Deal, and the ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Dialectics of Liberty

    Exploring the Context of Human Freedom

    par John F. Welsh, Douglas J. Den Uyl, Stephan Kinsella, Robert L. Campbell, Robert Higgs, Steven Horwitz, Roderick T. Long, Gary Chartier, Billy Christmas, Kevin A. Carson, Jason Lee Byas0, Troy Camplin1, Chris Matthew Sciabarra2, Prof Edward W. Younkins4, Douglas B. Rasmussen6, Nathan Goodman7, Deirdre Nansen McCloskey8, David L. Prychitko9, Roger E. Bissell0 ...
    Collections series Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
    This collection of essays explores the ways in which the defense of liberty can be bolstered by use of a dialectical method—that is, a mode of analysis devoted to grasping the full context of philosophical, cultural, and social factors requisite to the sustenance of human freedom. Its strength lies in the variety of disciplines and perspectives represented by contributors who apply explicitly ... En savoir plus

    $55.79 CAD

  • Taking a Stand

    Reflections on Life, Liberty, and the Economy

    par Robert Higgs ...
    Renowned economist and historian Robert Higgs has pioneered a whole new understanding of the causes, means, and effects of government power and the need to deconstruct statism and re-establish institutions that protect and advance liberty, prosperity, and peace.In the course of his work, he has completed seminal work on such issues as health care, the environment, law and economics, urban ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD