@article{740779,
      recid = {740779},
      author = {Higgs, Robert,},
      title = {Taking a stand reflections on life, liberty, and the  economy / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xx, 378 pages).},
      abstract = {"In his academic work, Robert Higgs has dissected the  government's shrewd secret excesses that lead to the  Welfare State, the Warfare State, and the Administrative  State. For several decades he has unstintingly chronicled  the federal, state, and local governments' malfeasance in  these many areas of life that all levels of government have  intruded upon without Constitutional mandate. In this book,  however, are essays that show a whimsical, introspective,  and personal side of this world renowned scholar. From the  myth that the government has derived its powers from the  consent of the governed to the role of independent experts  in formulating monetary and fiscal policy; from the  government's duplicity in announcing the unemployment rate  in a given month to how the state entraps us, if you want  to see a true polymath at work, these lofty, serious, sad,  and illuminating essays will educate you beyond what you  had thought possible about life, liberty, and the  economy"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/740779},
}