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For example, please see Craig Eyermann ([link removed]) ’s insightful post, “Fighting Coronavirus by Breaking the Chains of Needless Regulation,” ([link removed]) on our blog, The Beacon.

And with so many people currently stuck at home, we thought you might enjoy something a little lighter. If you haven't had a chance already, we recommend you check out our award-winning, satirical, YouTube video series on liberty, Love Gov ([link removed]) , which takes an aim at Big Government’s meddling in our lives! With the episodes short and funny, Love Gov has already received more than 20 million combined views.

As shown in Robert Higgs’s seminal, Independent Institute book, Crisis and Leviathan ([link removed]) , it is no secret that governments love a good crisis and the power that they can wield during and afterward. Independent is closely monitoring the current situation and our fellows are working hard to keep the public informed on the CoronaCrisis’ impact of the on regulation, government's actions affecting the economy, healthcare, unemployment, civil liberties, and much more.
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Crisis and Leviathan
Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government
Everyone knows that the U.S. government has grown in size, scope, and power during the past century, but how did this breathtaking transformation come about? Crisis and Leviathan provides the authoritative examination firmly grounded in historical evidence on how governments use crises to expand powers regardless of the effects on human well-being.

“In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, everyone should read Robert Higgs's economic classic Crisis and Leviathan. The critical warning of this masterpiece is that government always uses a crisis—from the Civil War, to the Great Depression, to World War II—to expand power, not just during the emergency, but afterward as well. Emergencies tend to ratchet up the cost and power of government permanently. That expansion of government authority is especially unwise now given that when this coronavirus fiasco is finally over, it may go down in history as one of the great government screw-ups in American history. That’s saying a lot.”
—Stephen J. Moore, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Heritage Foundation

“Crisis and Leviathan is a book of major importance, thoroughly researched, closely argued, and meticulously documented. It should be high on the reading list of every serious student of the American political system.”
—Political Science Quarterly

“Crisis and Leviathan is an important, powerful, and profoundly disturbing book.”
—James M. Buchanan, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences

“A superb history. . . . I can think of no more important reading than Crisis and Leviathan, aside from the Constitution itself.”
—The American Spectator

“How big government gets that way: It takes over new turf in time of crisis, then hangs on to much of it after the crisis is over.”
—Fortune
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