Crisis and leviathan : critical episodes in the growth of American government / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch.

Discussing how government has continually grown in size and scope during the past century, this account demonstrates that the main reason lies in government's responses to national "crises" (real or imagined), including economic upheavals and, especially, war. The result, this book ar...

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Main Author: Higgs, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Independent Institute, 2013.
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