Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch |
Autore | Higgs Robert |
Edizione | [25th anniversary ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.973 |
Collana | Independent studies in political economy Crisis and leviathan |
Soggetto topico |
Administrative agencies - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States - History Welfare state - United States - History Ideology - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-59813-113-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Part I. Framework; 1. The Sources of Big Government: A Critical Survey of Hypotheses; Explanations of the Growth of Government; Modernization; Public Goods; The Welfare State; Political Redistribution; Ideology; Crisis; Conclusions; 2. How much has Government Grown?: Conventional Measures and an Alternative View; Conventional Measures of the Growth of Government; The Essence of Big Government: An Alternative View; Ratchets: Conventional Measures versus Fundamentals; Conclusions; 3. On Ideology as an Analytical Concept in the Study of Political Economy; What is Ideology?
Ideology and Political Action Ideology in Analysis; Ideology and Rhetoric; Ideology: Exogenous or Endogenous?; Conclusions; 4. Crisis, Bigger Government, and Ideological Change: Toward an Understanding of the Ratchet; A Schematic View of the Problem; Why Stage II?: A Cost-Concealment Hypothesis; Why Stage IV?: A (Partial) Hypothesis on Ideological Change; Recapitulation: Why the Ratchet?; The Task Ahead; Part II. History; 5. Crisis under the Old Regime, 1893-1896; Creative Destruction Ideologically Sustained, 1865-1893; Depression and Social Unrest, 1893-1896; Saving the Gold Standard Maintaining Law and Order in the Labor Market Striking Down the Income Tax; Conclusions; 6. The Progressive Era: A Bridge to Modern Times; Economic Development and Political Change, 1898-1916; The Ideological Winds Shift; End and Beginning: The Railroad Labor Troubles, 1916-1917; Conclusions; 7. The Political Economy of War, 1916-1918; Neutral Prosperity and the Shipping Crisis; The Preparedness Controversy and New Governmental Powers; War and Conscription; Manipulating the Market Economy: The Major Agencies; Labor Problems and the Railroad Takeover; Supreme Court Rulings on War Measures Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 8. The Great Depression: ""An Emergency More Serious Than War""; Economic Rise and fall, 1922-1933; What did Hoover Do?; Interregnum of Despair; Emergency, Emergency!; Planting the First New Deal: The Hundred Days; Cultivating and Pruning the First New Deal: The Supreme Court; Legacies, Institutional and Ideological; Conclusions; 9. The Political Economy of War, 1940-1945; De Jure Neutrality, De Facto Belligerency, 1939-1941; More Powers and Price Controls; The Armed Forces and the Economy; Work or Fight; The Supreme Court also Goes to War Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 10. Crisis and Leviathan: From World War II to the 1980's; The Mixed Economy: March into Socialism or Fascism?; Crisis and Leviathan: The Recent Episodes; Conclusions; 11. Retrospect and Prospect; Retrospect; Prospect; Appendix to Chapter 2; Appendix to Chapter 9; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462956803321 |
Higgs Robert | ||
Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Crisis and Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch |
Autore | Higgs Robert |
Edizione | [25th anniversary ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.973 |
Collana | Independent studies in political economy Crisis and leviathan |
Soggetto topico |
Administrative agencies - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States - History Welfare state - United States - History Ideology - United States - History |
ISBN | 1-59813-113-3 |
Classificazione | POL040000HIS036000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Part I. Framework; 1. The Sources of Big Government: A Critical Survey of Hypotheses; Explanations of the Growth of Government; Modernization; Public Goods; The Welfare State; Political Redistribution; Ideology; Crisis; Conclusions; 2. How much has Government Grown?: Conventional Measures and an Alternative View; Conventional Measures of the Growth of Government; The Essence of Big Government: An Alternative View; Ratchets: Conventional Measures versus Fundamentals; Conclusions; 3. On Ideology as an Analytical Concept in the Study of Political Economy; What is Ideology?
Ideology and Political Action Ideology in Analysis; Ideology and Rhetoric; Ideology: Exogenous or Endogenous?; Conclusions; 4. Crisis, Bigger Government, and Ideological Change: Toward an Understanding of the Ratchet; A Schematic View of the Problem; Why Stage II?: A Cost-Concealment Hypothesis; Why Stage IV?: A (Partial) Hypothesis on Ideological Change; Recapitulation: Why the Ratchet?; The Task Ahead; Part II. History; 5. Crisis under the Old Regime, 1893-1896; Creative Destruction Ideologically Sustained, 1865-1893; Depression and Social Unrest, 1893-1896; Saving the Gold Standard Maintaining Law and Order in the Labor Market Striking Down the Income Tax; Conclusions; 6. The Progressive Era: A Bridge to Modern Times; Economic Development and Political Change, 1898-1916; The Ideological Winds Shift; End and Beginning: The Railroad Labor Troubles, 1916-1917; Conclusions; 7. The Political Economy of War, 1916-1918; Neutral Prosperity and the Shipping Crisis; The Preparedness Controversy and New Governmental Powers; War and Conscription; Manipulating the Market Economy: The Major Agencies; Labor Problems and the Railroad Takeover; Supreme Court Rulings on War Measures Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 8. The Great Depression: ""An Emergency More Serious Than War""; Economic Rise and fall, 1922-1933; What did Hoover Do?; Interregnum of Despair; Emergency, Emergency!; Planting the First New Deal: The Hundred Days; Cultivating and Pruning the First New Deal: The Supreme Court; Legacies, Institutional and Ideological; Conclusions; 9. The Political Economy of War, 1940-1945; De Jure Neutrality, De Facto Belligerency, 1939-1941; More Powers and Price Controls; The Armed Forces and the Economy; Work or Fight; The Supreme Court also Goes to War Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 10. Crisis and Leviathan: From World War II to the 1980's; The Mixed Economy: March into Socialism or Fascism?; Crisis and Leviathan: The Recent Episodes; Conclusions; 11. Retrospect and Prospect; Retrospect; Prospect; Appendix to Chapter 2; Appendix to Chapter 9; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786583903321 |
Higgs Robert | ||
Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Crisis and Leviathan : critical episodes in the growth of American government / / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch |
Autore | Higgs Robert |
Edizione | [25th anniversary ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.973 |
Collana | Independent studies in political economy Crisis and leviathan |
Soggetto topico |
Administrative agencies - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States - History Welfare state - United States - History Ideology - United States - History |
ISBN | 1-59813-113-3 |
Classificazione | POL040000HIS036000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Part I. Framework; 1. The Sources of Big Government: A Critical Survey of Hypotheses; Explanations of the Growth of Government; Modernization; Public Goods; The Welfare State; Political Redistribution; Ideology; Crisis; Conclusions; 2. How much has Government Grown?: Conventional Measures and an Alternative View; Conventional Measures of the Growth of Government; The Essence of Big Government: An Alternative View; Ratchets: Conventional Measures versus Fundamentals; Conclusions; 3. On Ideology as an Analytical Concept in the Study of Political Economy; What is Ideology?
Ideology and Political Action Ideology in Analysis; Ideology and Rhetoric; Ideology: Exogenous or Endogenous?; Conclusions; 4. Crisis, Bigger Government, and Ideological Change: Toward an Understanding of the Ratchet; A Schematic View of the Problem; Why Stage II?: A Cost-Concealment Hypothesis; Why Stage IV?: A (Partial) Hypothesis on Ideological Change; Recapitulation: Why the Ratchet?; The Task Ahead; Part II. History; 5. Crisis under the Old Regime, 1893-1896; Creative Destruction Ideologically Sustained, 1865-1893; Depression and Social Unrest, 1893-1896; Saving the Gold Standard Maintaining Law and Order in the Labor Market Striking Down the Income Tax; Conclusions; 6. The Progressive Era: A Bridge to Modern Times; Economic Development and Political Change, 1898-1916; The Ideological Winds Shift; End and Beginning: The Railroad Labor Troubles, 1916-1917; Conclusions; 7. The Political Economy of War, 1916-1918; Neutral Prosperity and the Shipping Crisis; The Preparedness Controversy and New Governmental Powers; War and Conscription; Manipulating the Market Economy: The Major Agencies; Labor Problems and the Railroad Takeover; Supreme Court Rulings on War Measures Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 8. The Great Depression: ""An Emergency More Serious Than War""; Economic Rise and fall, 1922-1933; What did Hoover Do?; Interregnum of Despair; Emergency, Emergency!; Planting the First New Deal: The Hundred Days; Cultivating and Pruning the First New Deal: The Supreme Court; Legacies, Institutional and Ideological; Conclusions; 9. The Political Economy of War, 1940-1945; De Jure Neutrality, De Facto Belligerency, 1939-1941; More Powers and Price Controls; The Armed Forces and the Economy; Work or Fight; The Supreme Court also Goes to War Legacies, Institutional and Ideological Conclusions; 10. Crisis and Leviathan: From World War II to the 1980's; The Mixed Economy: March into Socialism or Fascism?; Crisis and Leviathan: The Recent Episodes; Conclusions; 11. Retrospect and Prospect; Retrospect; Prospect; Appendix to Chapter 2; Appendix to Chapter 9; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810830403321 |
Higgs Robert | ||
Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Taking a stand : reflections on life, liberty, and the economy / / Robert Higgs ; foreword by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano ; cover design, Denise Tsui |
Autore | Higgs Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : Independent Institute, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (643 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.973 |
Collana | Independent studies in political economy Taking a stand |
Soggetto topico |
Administrative agencies - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States - History State, The - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-59813-205-9
1-59813-206-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I - Politics and the State; 1 - It's who you Know; 2 - What's the Point of Demonstrating?; 3 - Partisan Politics: A Fool's Game for the Masses; 4 - Democracy's Most Critical Defect; 5 - Nothing Outside the State; 6 - Consent of the Governed?; 7 - Why this Gigantic "Intelligence" Apparatus? Follow the Money; 8 - Can the Dead (Capitalism) Be Brought Back to Life?; 9 - The Welfare State Neutralizes Potential Opponents by Making them Dependent on Government Benefits
10 - The Systematic Organization of Hatreds11 - All Men are Brothers, but All too Often they do not Act Accordingly; 12 - Once More, with Feeling: Our System is not Socialism, but Participatory Fascism; 13 - Love, Liberty, and the State; 14 - Legitimacy; 15 - Political Problems have Only One Real Solution; 16 - The Power of the State versus the Power of Love; 17 - State Power and how it Might be Undermined; 18 - All Government Policies Succeed in the long Run; 19 - Crisis of Political Authority? I Wish!; Part II - On doing Analysis in Political Economy 20 - Ten Rules for Understanding Economic Development21 - Underappreciated Aspects of the Ratchet Effect; 22 - Diagnostics and Therapeutics in Political Economy; 23 - Can the Rampaging Leviathan be Stopped or Slowed?; 24 - Higgs is Just a Pessimist; 25 - My Question for the Doomsters: Then What?; 26 - Defense Spending is Much Greater than you Think; 27 - Which End, if Any, is Near?; 28 - Communism's Persistent Pull; 29 - The Dangers of Samuelson's Economic Method; 30 - Don't Accuse Me of Blaming America when I Blame the Government; 31 - Extreme Aggregation Misleads Macroeconomists and the Fed 32 - Why do so Many People Automatically and Angrily Condemn Historical Revisionism?33 - Where should the Burden of Proof Rest?; 34 - Politics and Markets: A Highly Misleading Analogy; 35 - Social Science 101: Three Ways to Relate to Other People; 36 - Ten Fallacious Conclusions in the Dominant Ideology's Political Economy; 37 - Regime Uncertainty: Some Clarifications; 38 - Not Every Intellectual Gunman is a Hired Gun; 39 - Truth and Freedom in Economic Analysis and Economic Policymaking; 40 - Austrian Economics: The Queen of the Experimental Sciences 41 - Not All Countries are Analytically Equal42 - Creative Destruction-The Best Game in Town; 43 - Thinking is Research, Too!; Part III - Money, Debt, Interest Rates, and Prices; 44 - Macroeconomic Booms and Busts: Déjà Vu Once Again; 45 - The Continuing Puzzle of the Hyperinflation that hasn't Occurred; 46 - Money versus Monetary Base: An Elementary Yet Critical Distinction; 47 - The Euthanasia of the Saver; 48 - The Fed's Immiseration of People who Live on Interest Earnings; 49 - Extraordinary Demand to Hold Cash: The Mystery Persists; 50 - More Monetary Peculiarities of the Past Five Years 51 - A Bogus Example of Controlling Inflation with Price Controls |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461152503321 |
Higgs Robert | ||
Oakland, California : , : Independent Institute, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Taking a stand : reflections on life, liberty, and the economy / / Robert Higgs ; foreword by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano ; cover design, Denise Tsui |
Autore | Higgs Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : Independent Institute, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (643 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.973 |
Collana | Independent studies in political economy Taking a stand |
Soggetto topico |
Administrative agencies - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States - History State, The - History |
ISBN |
1-59813-205-9
1-59813-206-7 |
Classificazione | BUS069030BUS069000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I - Politics and the State; 1 - It's who you Know; 2 - What's the Point of Demonstrating?; 3 - Partisan Politics: A Fool's Game for the Masses; 4 - Democracy's Most Critical Defect; 5 - Nothing Outside the State; 6 - Consent of the Governed?; 7 - Why this Gigantic "Intelligence" Apparatus? Follow the Money; 8 - Can the Dead (Capitalism) Be Brought Back to Life?; 9 - The Welfare State Neutralizes Potential Opponents by Making them Dependent on Government Benefits
10 - The Systematic Organization of Hatreds11 - All Men are Brothers, but All too Often they do not Act Accordingly; 12 - Once More, with Feeling: Our System is not Socialism, but Participatory Fascism; 13 - Love, Liberty, and the State; 14 - Legitimacy; 15 - Political Problems have Only One Real Solution; 16 - The Power of the State versus the Power of Love; 17 - State Power and how it Might be Undermined; 18 - All Government Policies Succeed in the long Run; 19 - Crisis of Political Authority? I Wish!; Part II - On doing Analysis in Political Economy 20 - Ten Rules for Understanding Economic Development21 - Underappreciated Aspects of the Ratchet Effect; 22 - Diagnostics and Therapeutics in Political Economy; 23 - Can the Rampaging Leviathan be Stopped or Slowed?; 24 - Higgs is Just a Pessimist; 25 - My Question for the Doomsters: Then What?; 26 - Defense Spending is Much Greater than you Think; 27 - Which End, if Any, is Near?; 28 - Communism's Persistent Pull; 29 - The Dangers of Samuelson's Economic Method; 30 - Don't Accuse Me of Blaming America when I Blame the Government; 31 - Extreme Aggregation Misleads Macroeconomists and the Fed 32 - Why do so Many People Automatically and Angrily Condemn Historical Revisionism?33 - Where should the Burden of Proof Rest?; 34 - Politics and Markets: A Highly Misleading Analogy; 35 - Social Science 101: Three Ways to Relate to Other People; 36 - Ten Fallacious Conclusions in the Dominant Ideology's Political Economy; 37 - Regime Uncertainty: Some Clarifications; 38 - Not Every Intellectual Gunman is a Hired Gun; 39 - Truth and Freedom in Economic Analysis and Economic Policymaking; 40 - Austrian Economics: The Queen of the Experimental Sciences 41 - Not All Countries are Analytically Equal42 - Creative Destruction-The Best Game in Town; 43 - Thinking is Research, Too!; Part III - Money, Debt, Interest Rates, and Prices; 44 - Macroeconomic Booms and Busts: Déjà Vu Once Again; 45 - The Continuing Puzzle of the Hyperinflation that hasn't Occurred; 46 - Money versus Monetary Base: An Elementary Yet Critical Distinction; 47 - The Euthanasia of the Saver; 48 - The Fed's Immiseration of People who Live on Interest Earnings; 49 - Extraordinary Demand to Hold Cash: The Mystery Persists; 50 - More Monetary Peculiarities of the Past Five Years 51 - A Bogus Example of Controlling Inflation with Price Controls |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797483303321 |
Higgs Robert | ||
Oakland, California : , : Independent Institute, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Taking a stand : reflections on life, liberty, and the economy / / Robert Higgs ; foreword by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano ; cover design, Denise Tsui |
Autore | Higgs Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : Independent Institute, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (643 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.973 |
Collana | Independent studies in political economy Taking a stand |
Soggetto topico |
Administrative agencies - United States - History
Bureaucracy - United States - History State, The - History |
ISBN |
1-59813-205-9
1-59813-206-7 |
Classificazione | BUS069030BUS069000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I - Politics and the State; 1 - It's who you Know; 2 - What's the Point of Demonstrating?; 3 - Partisan Politics: A Fool's Game for the Masses; 4 - Democracy's Most Critical Defect; 5 - Nothing Outside the State; 6 - Consent of the Governed?; 7 - Why this Gigantic "Intelligence" Apparatus? Follow the Money; 8 - Can the Dead (Capitalism) Be Brought Back to Life?; 9 - The Welfare State Neutralizes Potential Opponents by Making them Dependent on Government Benefits
10 - The Systematic Organization of Hatreds11 - All Men are Brothers, but All too Often they do not Act Accordingly; 12 - Once More, with Feeling: Our System is not Socialism, but Participatory Fascism; 13 - Love, Liberty, and the State; 14 - Legitimacy; 15 - Political Problems have Only One Real Solution; 16 - The Power of the State versus the Power of Love; 17 - State Power and how it Might be Undermined; 18 - All Government Policies Succeed in the long Run; 19 - Crisis of Political Authority? I Wish!; Part II - On doing Analysis in Political Economy 20 - Ten Rules for Understanding Economic Development21 - Underappreciated Aspects of the Ratchet Effect; 22 - Diagnostics and Therapeutics in Political Economy; 23 - Can the Rampaging Leviathan be Stopped or Slowed?; 24 - Higgs is Just a Pessimist; 25 - My Question for the Doomsters: Then What?; 26 - Defense Spending is Much Greater than you Think; 27 - Which End, if Any, is Near?; 28 - Communism's Persistent Pull; 29 - The Dangers of Samuelson's Economic Method; 30 - Don't Accuse Me of Blaming America when I Blame the Government; 31 - Extreme Aggregation Misleads Macroeconomists and the Fed 32 - Why do so Many People Automatically and Angrily Condemn Historical Revisionism?33 - Where should the Burden of Proof Rest?; 34 - Politics and Markets: A Highly Misleading Analogy; 35 - Social Science 101: Three Ways to Relate to Other People; 36 - Ten Fallacious Conclusions in the Dominant Ideology's Political Economy; 37 - Regime Uncertainty: Some Clarifications; 38 - Not Every Intellectual Gunman is a Hired Gun; 39 - Truth and Freedom in Economic Analysis and Economic Policymaking; 40 - Austrian Economics: The Queen of the Experimental Sciences 41 - Not All Countries are Analytically Equal42 - Creative Destruction-The Best Game in Town; 43 - Thinking is Research, Too!; Part III - Money, Debt, Interest Rates, and Prices; 44 - Macroeconomic Booms and Busts: Déjà Vu Once Again; 45 - The Continuing Puzzle of the Hyperinflation that hasn't Occurred; 46 - Money versus Monetary Base: An Elementary Yet Critical Distinction; 47 - The Euthanasia of the Saver; 48 - The Fed's Immiseration of People who Live on Interest Earnings; 49 - Extraordinary Demand to Hold Cash: The Mystery Persists; 50 - More Monetary Peculiarities of the Past Five Years 51 - A Bogus Example of Controlling Inflation with Price Controls |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825542803321 |
Higgs Robert | ||
Oakland, California : , : Independent Institute, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|