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.
Against “We,” “Us,” and “Our” in Policy Discourse
My Political Endorsement, as It Were
Dog Barks, Your Fourth Amendment Rights Disappear
U.S. Customs Cash Declarations: Just Another Routine Government Outrage
Statism—the Broken Window Fallacy Writ Large
Beware Survivorship Bias
Ideology—a Lens with Blinders
Can the State Enforce Virtuous Behavior?
Why the Worst Get on Top: Comparative Advantage
The USA Is Going to the Dogs, as It Always Has in the Past
Populist Fascism and the Politics of Class Resentment
The Hot-Air Barrier: A Major Reason for the Infeasibility of Representative Government
Douglass C. North (November 5, 1920 – November 23, 2015)
The Mountain of Legal Injustice in the USA
The Government’s Tax on Peace of Mind
In Memoriam: Nathan Rosenberg (1927-2015)
Employers Do Not Systematically and Persistently Pay Women Less than Men for Equally Valuable Work
Immigration Policy Is Unjust
How Big Is Government in the United States?
The Power Elite
The Consummate Fallen Angel
Are the Ruling Elites in China Now More Pro-market than the Ruling Elites in the USA?
It’s Called Recovery, but Where’s the Beef?
On U.S. Foreign Policy
U.S. Government Debt Is Now at a Once-Unimaginable Level

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