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Neither Liberty Nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government

Neither Liberty Nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government

Higgs, Robert

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Series: Independent Studies in Political Economy

General Political ScienceUnited States Politics

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ISBN10: 1598130129
ISBN13: 9781598130126
Publisher: Independent Institute
Published: Apr 1 2007
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.08 Depth: 8.92
Language: English
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety, wrote Benjamin Franklin. Attempting to gain security by sacrificing liberty is also a foolish action because it only increases the potential for harm.

In Neither Liberty Nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government, economist and historian Robert Higgs illustrates the false trade-off between freedom and security by showing how the U.S. government's economic and military interventions reduced the civil and economic liberties, prosperity, and genuine security of Americans in the 20th century.

Extending the theme of Higgs's earlier books, Neither Liberty Nor Safety stresses the role of misguided ideas in the expansion of government power at the expense of individual liberty. Higgs illuminates not only many underappreciated aspects of the Great Depression, the two world wars, and the postwar era, but also the government's manipulation of public opinion and the role that ideologies play in influencing political outcomes and economic performance.

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