Posts by Robert Higgs
Robert Higgs is Retired Senior Fellow in Political Economy at the Independent Institute, author or editor of over fourteen Independent books, and Founding Editor of Independent’s quarterly journal The Independent Review.
On the “Participatory” Part of “Participatory Fascism”
Astute Socialists Opt for Participatory Fascism in Practice
Two Worlds—Politics and Everything Else
The Delusion of a Win-Win Trade War
Two-way Trade in the “Same” Commodity
Want to “Steal Back” a Job Now Held by an Immigrant Worker?
Johns Hopkins University: Launching Pad for My Fifty Years as a Professional Economist
The Balance of International Payments Is Economic Nonsense
On Coming to Grips with the Nature of the State
FinCEN Form 114—I’m Not the Criminal Here
U.S. War Making: What’s in It for You?
Think Twice about Bringing Back U.S. Manufacturing Jobs
Statism’s First Casualty Is the Truthful Use of Language
Economic Equality—Socialism’s Unattainable, Undesirable Pie in the Sky
Against the Whole Concept and Construction of the Balance of International Payments
On Socialism’s Rhetorical Appeal
The Two Types of Socio-economic Problems
Give Freedom a Chance
A Catch-22 in Organizing for the Pursuit of Liberty
A Straightforward View of Morality and the Government
Questions and Answers in Regard to Assault Weapons
Roving Bandit, Stationary Bandit, and Income Tax
The Full Cost of the Anti-Immigrant State
Unsung Heroes of the Market
Nativists Don’t Know the Future

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