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# Robert Higgs 

Former Adjunct Scholar 

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Robert Higgs was senior fellow in political economy at the Independent Institute and editor of the Independent Review. He is the author of *Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government* and an expert on American economic history, the growth of government, defense spending, and the regulation of food and drugs.

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