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6 quotes by Robert Higgs

Robert Higgs (born 1 February 1944) is an American economic historian and economist combining material from Public Choice, the New Institutional economics, and the Austrian school of economics; and a libertarian anarchist in political and legal theory and public policy. His writings in economics and economic history have most often focused on the causes, means, and effects of government power and growth.
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Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war.

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If you have a private firm and you spend a ton of money to pay employees, but what you produce is a flop, there will be no value to GDP. But... →

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Austria, Germany and the U.S. South did not disappear as a result of their currencies' ruin. Although many people suffered, most people found a... →

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Some doomsayers think the collapse will be triggered by runaway government spending, excessive taxation, oppressive regulation, food shortages, fuel... →

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Many anti-energy groups display little appreciation of the extent to which modern economies depend pervasively on the use of fossil fuels and... →

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We need to have a modicum of faith in people's common sense, creativity and will to survive and prosper even in the face of great difficulties... →

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