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Against Leviathan
Government Power and a Free Society
Part of The Essential Robert Higgs
By Robert Higgs
Published by Independent Institute
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
What is fundamentally wrong with government today? In Against Leviathan, economist and historian Robert Higgs, offers an unflinching critical analysis of government power.
Against Leviathan combines an economist’s analytical scrutiny, an historian’s respect for the facts, and a refusal to accept the standard excuses and cruelties of government officialdom. Topics include Social Security, the paternalism of the FDA, the “War on Drugs,” the nature of political leadership, civil liberties, the conduct of the national surveillance state, and governmental responses to a continuing stream of “crises,” including domestic economic busts and foreign wars both hot and cold.
Against Leviathan is a thorough and penetrating critique, and a significant contribution in this current time of crisis and unchecked expansion of government power.
Against Leviathan combines an economist’s analytical scrutiny, an historian’s respect for the facts, and a refusal to accept the standard excuses and cruelties of government officialdom. Topics include Social Security, the paternalism of the FDA, the “War on Drugs,” the nature of political leadership, civil liberties, the conduct of the national surveillance state, and governmental responses to a continuing stream of “crises,” including domestic economic busts and foreign wars both hot and cold.
Against Leviathan is a thorough and penetrating critique, and a significant contribution in this current time of crisis and unchecked expansion of government power.
Product Details
- Publisher: Independent Institute (November 11, 2025)
- Length: 432 pages
- ISBN13: 9781598134131
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Raves and Reviews
"I wish liberals and even radicals felt and wrote as strongly about the Iron Heel of government power..."
– Alexander Cockburn, columnist, The Nation
"One of the best books on economic policy in [recent] years...Higgs s case against government oppression is tight and persuasive."
– David Henderson, Professor of Economics, Naval Postgraduate School
"Robert Higgs is a gutsy, passionate, and learned defender of liberty. America the real country, not the rotten empire needs him."
– Bill Kauffman, Associate Editor, American Enterprise
"This hard-hitting book exposes the multitude of ways the growth of the welfare-warfare state threatens our freedom and prosperity."
– Congressman Ron Paul
"This is a book that should be read by anyone concerned with American freedoms in the 21st century."
– Thomas Gale Moore, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
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