'Emergencies', and How They Foster The Growth of Government, and Diminish Market Liberty, Comments by Robert Higgs

Robert Higgs, editor of the "Independent Review", and author of such books as "Crisis and Leviathan", and "Hazardous to Our Health", joined Gardner Goldsmith to discuss his latest work, "Resurgence of the Warfare State".

Higgs' insight regarding the "ratcheting" dynamic of "emergency/government intervention/government growth/emergency" has been recognized by economists, historians and political philosophers as one of the most important ideas to have been published on the subject of political economy. Listen to him here, and in the second part of this interview.

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