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Crisis and Liberty
The Expansion of Government Power in American History
Robert Higgs presents a series of ten formal lectures on topics of American history that examine the role of crisis, emergency management, and the military in the emergence of the Leviathan state and diminution of liberty. Recorded June 23-27, 2003. Bibliography (PDF): Mises.org/CLBib
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4.1 stars from 11 ratings
To other reviewer:
There are a million institutes dedicated to the "apolitical" bipartisan status quo. The Mises Institute is a free market school dedicated to libertarian theory. How many of these schools exist? I can count 'em on one hand. If you want something else, shop elsewhere...LOL....
Shaolin Ninja via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/31/11
I am wondering what dearth of available instruction created the classroom vacuum into which this person was sucked. I got halfway through the second lecture and had had enough. There is fascinating subject matter to explore here, but he wastes his students' time on rambling self-serving...Read full review »
Bigshotprof via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/29/10
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