Crisis and Leviathan

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PRAISE FOR Crisis and Leviathan
"Insightful, compelling, and clear. Higgs breaks new ground in expUcating the most important socio-political trend of our time—the growth of American government." Brian Summers, Senior Editor, The Freeman
"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."
R. J. Saulnier in Political Science Quarterly
"An important, powerful, and profoundly disturbing book."
James M. Buchanan, Nobel Laureate, 'm Journal of Economic History
"A blockbuster of a book, one of the most important of the last decade. It is that rare and wondrous combination: scholarly and hard-hitting, lucidly written and libertarian as well." Murray N. Rothbard in Liberty
"What is most exciting and intriguing about Crisis and Leviathan is that Higgs is now working within the tradition of economic history exemplified by Schumpeter and... Tovább

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PRAISE FOR Crisis and Leviathan
"Insightful, compelling, and clear. Higgs breaks new ground in expUcating the most important socio-political trend of our time—the growth of American government." Brian Summers, Senior Editor, The Freeman
"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."
R. J. Saulnier in Political Science Quarterly
"An important, powerful, and profoundly disturbing book."
James M. Buchanan, Nobel Laureate, 'm Journal of Economic History
"A blockbuster of a book, one of the most important of the last decade. It is that rare and wondrous combination: scholarly and hard-hitting, lucidly written and libertarian as well." Murray N. Rothbard in Liberty
"What is most exciting and intriguing about Crisis and Leviathan is that Higgs is now working within the tradition of economic history exemplified by Schumpeter and Polanyi. Like them, and unlike the new economic historians, Higgs refuses to treat political, cultural, or ideological aspects of historical reality as irrelevant to the study of economic development."
James Livingston in Reviews in American History
"A thoughtful and challenging work."
Martin Morse Wooster, Washington Editor, Harper's Magazine
"That big government grew from crises is not a new idea, but just how that happened is sometimes an astounding story, and the superb account Higgs gives of that process may come as something of a shock to his readers."
Jonathan Hughes, Northwestern University
"A superb history. . . . Two hundred years after the establishment of the American Constitution, I can think of no more important reading than Mr. Higgs' book, aside from the Constitution itself."
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., Editor-in-Chief, The American Spectator
Robert Higgs is William E. Simon Professor of PoUtical Economy, Lafayette College. Vissza