Robert Higgs photograph

Robert Higgs

Use attributes for filter !
Gender Male
Age 80
Date of birth February 1,1944
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born United States
Influenced by Ludwig von Mises
Friedrich Hayek
Fields Economic history
Political Economy
Natural resource economics
Health economics
Job Professor
Writer
Economist
Book editor
Books Crisis and leviathan
Depression, war, and cold war
Neither liberty nor safety
The transformation of the American economy, 1865-1914
Competition and coercion
Taking a Stand: Reflections on Life, Liberty, and the Economy
Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society
Delusions of Power: New Explorations of the State, War, and Economy
The Question of Discrimination: Racial Inequality in the U. S. Labor Market
Understanding America's Terrorist Crisis: What Should Be Done?
Education Johns Hopkins University
Doctor advisorEdwin Mills; H. Louis Stettler
School or traditAustrian School
Influence Ludwig von Mises
Murray Rothbard
Awards Independent Publisher Book Award for Independent Voice
Doctor student Price V. Fishback
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID513719
Send edit request

Robert Higgs Life story


Robert Higgs is an American economic historian and economist combining material from Public Choice, the New institutional economics, and the Austrian school of economics; and describes himself as a "libertarian anarchist" in political and legal theory and public policy.

Robert Higgs Photos

Related Persons

Next Profile ❯