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Neither Liberty nor Safety (Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government) - 9781598134322
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Product Details
Author:
Robert Higgs
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
224
Publisher:
Independent Institute (July 7, 2026)
Imprint:
Independent Institute
Release Date:
July 7, 2026
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781598134322
ISBN-10:
1598134329
Weight:
10.88oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9" x 0.6"
File:
Eloquence-SimonSchuster_04212026_P9983634_onix30-20260421.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$21.95
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
20
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$16.90
Publisher Identifier:
P-SS
Discount Code:
A
Series:
The Essential Robert Higgs
Overview
"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.
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.









