Crisis and Leviathan

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book
gptkbp:author gptkb:Robert_Higgs
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:edition 2004 Liberty Fund edition
gptkbp:genre economics
history
nonfiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Crisis and Leviathan
gptkbp:impact influential in libertarian and classical liberal circles
gptkbp:influencedBy Austrian economics
public choice theory
gptkbp:ISBN 9780195043199
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mainArgument Government expands during crises and rarely returns to pre-crisis size
gptkbp:notableIdea ratchet effect
expansion of government during crises
gptkbp:pages 378
gptkbp:publicationDate 1987
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Oxford_University_Press
gptkbp:reviewedBy gptkb:The_Cato_Journal
gptkb:The_Independent_Review
gptkbp:subject political economy
crisis theory
government growth
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_Higgs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6