Perspectives on Peace — The Industrial Complexes of Robert Higgs

Nov 27, 2024

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Welcome back to the series, Perspectives on Peace, hosted by Chris Coyne. The first four episodes of this series will focus on The Legacy of Robert Higgs (Mercatus Center, 2024) and will feature a collection of short interviews with many of the chapter authors.

This episode focuses on the military and health industrial complexes of Robert Higgs, featuring authors Nathan Goodman on “The Military-Industrial Complex and the Militarization of Society”, Raymond March on “What About the Healthcare State? Robert Higgs's Contribution to Health Economics”, and Yuliya Yatsyshina on “The War Industry as Economic Cancer.” In their conversations, the authors share the impact Robert Higgs has had on their life and career and dive into a short summary of their respective chapters.

Nathan P. Goodman is a Senior Research Fellow and Senior Fellow at the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Nathan is an alum of the Mercatus PhD Fellowship.
Raymond J. March is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Angelo State University.
Yuliya Yatsyshina is an Associate Program Director for Academic & Student Programs at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Yuliya is an alum of the Mercatus MA Fellowship.

Learn more about Chris Coyne’s work as Director of the Initiative for the Study of a Stable Peace (ISSP).

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