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October 30, 2024 79 mins

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 Ratchet Effect of Robert Higgs, featuring authors Abigail Hall on “Ideology, Crisis, and the Ratchet Effect: Retrospect and Prospects”, Jayme Lemke on “The Origins and Persistence of Discriminatory Institutions and Ideologies”, and Anthony Gregory on “The History, Ideology, and Shape of Leviathan: Researching the American State's Ratchet Effect, Growth, and Transformation.” 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.

  • Abigail R. Hall is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Tampa. Abby is an alum of the Mercatus PhD Fellowship.
  • Jayme Lemke is a Senior Fellow with the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Jayme is an alum of the Mercatus PhD Fellowship.
  • Anthony Gregory is a Hoover Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University.

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

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