More Acclaim for Higgs: New York Times and Elsewhere
By David J. Theroux • Sunday November 23, 2008 10:00 PM PDT • 3 Comments
Articles acclaiming the devastating analysis by Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs in showing why federal government controls and intervention have consistently been responsible for creating and deepening financial crises, including both the Great Depression and the current financial upheaval, continue to appear in an expanding number of major media outlets. The latest include the New York Times (see Tyler Cowen’s column here and Price Fishback’s column for Freakonomics here), John Stossel’s weekly syndicated column, Canada’s National Post (see here), and Steve Chapman’s syndicated column.
The key book by Dr. Higgs being referenced is the Independent Institute volume, Depression, War, and Cold War (Oxford University Press, 2006), and other important books from him that pertain to these issues include the following:
Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government
Neither Liberty Nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government
Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society
Arms, Politics and the Economy: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Tags: American History, Bailouts, Budget and Tax Policy, Business, Economics, Employment, Great Depression, Labor, Money and Banking, Presidential Power, Regulation, Taxation, War 
It’s too bad that the idiots in D.C. don’t read and learn from Higgs. But what would they do without an empire to run and other people’s money to spend?
Steve Hogan | Nov 24, 2008 | Reply
Ron Paul looking better all the time, eh boys.
daddysteve | Nov 25, 2008 | Reply
The acclaim is well deserved. I tell everyone I know that Mr. Higgs is the best living libertarian author. I tell them if you only read one, it should be Robert Higgs.
Rob Privette | Nov 30, 2008 | Reply