Robert Higgs
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This article is about the American economist. For the South African admiral, see Robert W. Higgs.
Robert Higgs (born 1 February 1944) 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"[1] in political and legal theory and public policy[clarification needed]. His writings in economics and economic history have most often focused on the causes, means, and effects of government power and growth.
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Born | (1944-02-01) 1 February 1944 (age 80) |
Nationality | American |
Academic career | |
Field | Economic history, political economy, natural resource economics, health economics, military economics |
School or tradition | Austrian School |
Doctoral advisor | Edwin Mills H. Louis Stettler |
Doctoral students | Price V. Fishback |
Influences | Kuznets, North, Coase, Schumpeter, Mises, Hayek, Rothbard |
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