Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am -- not stuck in the middle, but hovering above the entire farcical spectrum, weeping as I behold my fellow man's devotion to political illusion and self-destruction.
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About Robert Higgs
Robert Higgs was a contemporary American economic historian. Robert Higgs is an American economic historian and economist. He is known for research on the growth of the United States government, especially the ratchet effect, the idea that state power expands during wars and other crises and only partly recedes afterward, which he developed in Crisis and Leviathan (1987). Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination
- Knowledge — The pursuit of learning, understanding, and intellectual growth
- Philosophy — Deep thoughts on existence, knowledge, and the nature of reality
- Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power
- Truth — Meditations on honesty, authenticity, and the search for truth