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austrian school simon , joseph schumpeter , ludwig von mises , f.a. hayek kuznets , murray rothbard , douglass c. north , ronald coase firebrick united states economic , health economics , military economics history , political economy , natural resource economics 1 february 1944 robert higgs-independent . jpg robert higgs
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robert higgs

robert higgs -lrb- born 1 february 1944 -rrb- 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 .
