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.
State Governments Are Becoming the Biggest Drug Lords of All
Economic Analysis Cannot Justify Immoral State Actions
I Reject the Right of the Government to Choose My Friends and Enemies for Me
The Tangled Web of Anti-immigration Argumentation
Is a National Government Necessary for National Defense?
Negative Balance of Trade? So What?
Politics without Romance? Yes and No
The USA—Best Not to Go There Unless You Have an Urgent Reason to Do So
The State, No Friend of Harmony and Peace
Tariffs, Pickpockets, and the Nationalist Snake in the Moral Grass
Trump’s Wall—an Attempt to Insult and Humiliate Mexicans
Hate Corporations and Love Governments—an Ideological Monstrosity
Ideology, Identity, Solidarity, and Collective Action
Fake News, Fake Politics, and Fake Policy
Identity Politics, Public Choice, and Ideology
The Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex Takes No Holidays
USA to Crown Absolute Monarch
The Season of Giving and the Economic System that Fosters Great Generosity
Trump’s Tactic Is Certain to Create “Regime Uncertainty”
Ideology, Identity Politics, and Politico-Cultural Conflict
On Virtue Signaling
Apocalypse—Probably Not Now
Is a Trump Revolution in the Offing?
Political and Governmental Corruption Is a Feature, Not a Bug
The Never-Ending Contest in Politico-Economic Life

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