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DESCRIPTION:Libertarian Party Forum:  “Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free 
 Society” with economist and political historian Dr. Robert Higgs  
 Wednesday, September 29  6:30-8:30 pm  The Independent Institute Conference 
 Center  100 Swan Way, Oakland, CA 94621  Admission: $25, ($10 for Institute 
 members)  Contact: Nichelle Beardsley at 510-632-1366 or visit 
 http://www.independent.org  Description:  What is fundamentally wrong with 
 government today?  Since 2001, despite low inflation, federal spending has 
 increased by a massive 28.8%, with the largest deficits in U.S. history and 
 the highest rate of government growth since the Vietnam War-era 
 “guns-and-butter” presidencies of Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson.  At 
 the same time, federal agencies have been given new powers to secretly 
 search anyone’s property and intercept phone, Internet, and other 
 communications, as well as all health and financial records. In the 
 immediate aftermath of 9/11, respected economist and historian Robert Higgs 
 alone predicted this explosion of government power, as politicians have 
 again taken full advantage of a frightened American public. At this special 
 Independent Policy Forum based on his new book, AGAINST LEVIATHAN, Dr. 
 Higgs will present an unflinching critical analysis of the extensive range 
 of government powers, including corporate welfare, pork, the nanny/welfare 
 state, protectionism, the nature of political leadership, trampling on the 
 Bill of Rights, and governmental responses to a continuing stream of 
 “crises,” including foreign wars, both hot and cold. Dr. Higgs combines 
 an economist’s analytical scrutiny, a historian’s respect for the 
 facts, and a refusal to accept the standard excuses and cruelties of 
 government officialdom.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/09/14/45263.php
SUMMARY:Libertarian Party presents Against Leviathan
LOCATION:The Independent Institute Conference Center  100 Swan Way  Oakland, CA 
 94621  510-632-1366  http://www.independent.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/09/14/45263.php
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