Robert Higgs on the Consequences of Leviathan-sized Government
By Lindsay Boyd • Wednesday July 7, 2010 4:30 PM PDT • 3 Comments
Senior Fellow Robert Higgs is interviewed here by Scott Horton on Antiwar.com Radio, warning those who long for total governmental and economic collapse to be careful what they wish for. Higgs also explains why federal spending cannot continue at the current record levels without a failure of the bond market. He further compares the military and economic over-extension of the Soviet Union prior to its collapse to the United States as a warning against rampant spending by the government.
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Tags: American History, Bailouts, Budget and Tax Policy, Business, Civil Liberties, Civil Society, Defense, Economics, Free Market, Great Depression, Liberty, Military, Money and Banking, Peace, Personal Liberty, The State 
Great interview. It always surprises me that people who hope for an economic collapse always assume that they will survive it. Many good people (and good libertarians) would probably be financially devastated by such a collapse regardless of their provisions, and many more would probably not survive the aftermath. For this reason, I favor more gradual gains in freedom, as Robert Higgs describes.
Matt | Jul 9, 2010 | Reply
Excellent interview; very informative. I’ve been researching/reading your materials in some detail, and appreciate your level of scholarship. Thanks Kindly. Mark
Mark Heinzig | Jul 9, 2010 | Reply