Articles by Robert Higgs

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Consent of the Governed?

Robert Higgs

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6/19/2021

12 Myths Fueling Government Overreach in Times of Crisis

Robert Higgs

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4/26/2021

The Political Economy of Fear

Robert Higgs

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4/19/2021

The Song That Is Irresistible: How the State Leads People to Their Own Destruction

Robert Higgs

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3/22/2021

The Living American Reality

Robert Higgs on military-economic fascism.

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9/25/2018

Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism

By Jörg Guido Hülsmann. An appreciation by Robert Higgs.

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9/17/2018

One Nation…

Indivisible? Article by Bob Higgs.

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7/3/2017

Fake News, Fake Politics, Fake Policy

Robert Higgs on state reality.

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1/19/2017

The Burning Desire To Spit Out Political Correctness

Like rotten fish. Article by Bob Higgs.

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12/3/2016

Libertarian What-Me-Worryism

What about realism? Article by Robert Higgs.

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7/28/2016

Sanctions Promote War

As the case of Japan and Pearl Harbor shows, says Robert Higgs.

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7/13/2015

How Big Is Government in the US?

Far bigger than the State admits. Article by Robert Higgs.

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3/26/2015

The Consummate Fallen Angel

Robert Higgs on Satan and war.

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3/4/2015

Chinese Elites Are More Free Market Than US Rulers

They appreciate Murray Rothbard, says Robert Higgs.

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2/25/2015

Politics Is Slogan vs. Slogan

Robert Higgs on 10 he despises, and 10 he likes.

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2/17/2015

The Gigantic Burden of Government

How much longer can the US economy bear it? Article by Robert Higgs.

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2/2/2015

State Domination

And public submission. Article by Robert Higgs.

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4/30/2014

Christian Anarchism and Pacifism

Bob Higgs on Tolstoy’s remarkable manifesto.

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4/24/2014

Government Has Forked Tongue

Bob Higgs on his connection to 19th century Indian treaties.

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1/31/2014

The Power of Love

Against the power of the state. Article by Bob Higgs.

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10/31/2013

All Government Policies Succeed in the Long Run

For the power elite. Article by Robert Higgs.

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9/16/2013

The State Threatens Mankind

There is no convincing argument for this thieving, murdering beast, says Bob Higgs.

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7/29/2013

Where’s the Outrage?

Robert Higgs on the boobeoisie and the totalitarian state.

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7/24/2013

Why Go to War for a Nation State?

There is something monstrously out of whack about the notion, says Robert Higgs.

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7/3/2013

The Dark Heart of the Regime

Robert Higgs on this gigantic 'intelligence' apparatus.

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6/20/2013

Savior or Soma?

Robert Higgs on high-tech and America.

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6/13/2013

The Fascist State

And how it might be undermined.

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6/5/2013

The Myth of War Prosperity

The War Street Journal wouldn’t publish Robert Higgs’s letter; now it gets far more attention.

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4/18/2013

Major US Neo-Imperialist Wars

Bob Higgs on how they end (video).

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4/18/2013

The Lust To Murder Iranians

Bob Higgs on what it means.

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3/15/2013

State, War, and Economy A transcript of the Lew Rockwell Show episode 304 with Robert Higgs

Bob Higgs on what it means.

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3/15/2013

How U.S. Economic Warfare Provoked Japan’s Attack on Pearl Harbor

As it was meant to, says Bob Higgs.

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12/10/2012

Regime Uncertainty: Some Clarifications

Bob Higgs on regime uncertainty under FDR and now.

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11/20/2012

‘War Is Horrible, but . . .’

This particular mass murder is a great idea, or so we are supposed to think.

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9/21/2012

Warfare, Welfare and the State Robert Higgs on state interference and destruction of the market process

Bob Higgs on warfare, welfare and the State.

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8/8/2012

Why Be a Libertarian Anarchist?

Even though you think we're losing.

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1/16/2012

In Defense of Historical Revisionism

Bob Higgs on the gaggle of regime mouthpieces who oppose it.

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12/10/2011

The Truth About Pearl Harbor

As versus the official fable.

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12/10/2010

Revisionism Is Essential to Peace

As the great historian Ralph Raico shows.

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12/9/2010

Understanding the Lingo of the State

Robert Higgs translates.

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11/29/2010

Weimar, Zimbabwe, Bankerica

Bernanke threatens the whole world.

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11/11/2010

Bye, Bye Miss American Lie

Robert Higgs on the death of the dollar, and our economic friends and enemies.

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11/3/2010

Men, Angels, and the State

Robert Higgs on false justifications for government violence.

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10/16/2010

Remembering Joe Sobran

A great writer, and an extraordinary man.

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10/7/2010

Thirties D

Private investment drops as government power grows.

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9/20/2010

It’s the 1930s Again

Robert Higgs on regime uncertainty.

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9/14/2010

Is Obama a Traitor to His Class?

Robert Higgs on FDR, Obama, and the superrich.

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9/10/2010

Consumption Spending Is 70% of GDP

So what?

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9/7/2010

Regime Uncertainty

Robert Higgs on depression vs. business, then and now.

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8/25/2010

Arrogant Rulers vs. the Rest of Us

Robert Higgs on a splendid explanation of the US class system.

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7/26/2010