Crisis and leviathan
Subtitle: critical episodes in the growth of American government
By: Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch., Jr
Edition: Twenty-fifth anniversary edition.
Series: Independent studies in political economy
Publisher: The Independent Institute
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oakland, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781598131215; 9781598131116
Subjects: Politics and government; Bureaucracy; Administrative agencies; Welfare state; Ideology; HISTORY / United States / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; History
Description: "In Crisis and Leviathan, economist and historian Robert Higgs shows how Big Government emerged from responses to national emergencies that occurred as attitudes about the role of government were changing dramatically. In particular, governmental responses to the Great Depression, two World Wars, the Cold War, and various lesser "crises"(real or imagined) led to a host of new federal programs, activities, and functions that left legacies--including greater acceptance of bigger government--that endured long after each crisis passed. The result was not only a higher baseline for further growth, but also a government more intrusive in the lives of ordinary citizens and more resistant to meaningful reform"--
Notes: Originally published in 1987.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-339) and index.