The Research Program of Robert Higgs

Hayek Program Associate Director Christopher Coyne interviews the 2015-2016 F. A. Hayek Distinguished Visiting Scholar Robert Higgs, Senior Fellow in Political Economy for The Independent Institute and Editor of the Institute’s quarterly journal The Independent Review. Coyne talks to Professor Higgs about his intellectual background, his work in Austrian economics, and his work at The Independent Review. He also discusses his challenge to the claim that World War II helped the U.S. out of the Great Depression and the lessons of his book Crisis & Leviathan. CC Music: Twisterium