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The Independent Institute and Editor of Other Financial Institutions VOLUME 19, NUMBER 4 wINTER 2010 Economic Troubles and the Growth of Government by Robert Higgs* he current recession to a head in late September 2008 proved to be the Tand, especially, the re- catalyst for an accelerated decline in real GDP and lated financial panic in the rise in the rate of unemployment. The so-called fall of 2008 have given rise credit crunch in the fall to an extraordinary surge in of 2008 prompted the the U.S. government’s size, Fed, the Treasury, and scope, and power. As I write, the Congress to take a the financial panic has subsided, but series of extraordinary the recession, already the longest actions in quick suc- since the 1930s, seems likely to con- cession. tinue for a long time. Even when it has In September 2008, passed, however, the government will the Federal Reserve Sys- certainly retain much tem (“the Fed”) took of the augmentation control of the insurance it has gained recently. giant American International Group Hence, this crisis will (AIG), and the Federal Housing Fi- prove to be the occasion nance Authority took over the huge for another episode of government-sponsored enterprises the ratchet effect in the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, secondary lending growth of government. institutions that held or insured more than half of According to the Na- the total value of U.S. residential mortgages. On tional Bureau of Eco- October 3, the president signed the Emergency nomic Research, the recession began early in Economic Stabilization Act, which, among other 2008, but the decline became severe only in the things, created the Troubled Assets Relief Program latter part of the year. The financial panic that came (TARP), authorizing as much as $700 billion for the purchase of so-called troubled assets, primar- * Robert Higgs is Senior Fellow in Political Econ- ily mortgage-related securities, held by banks and omy at the Independent Institute and editor of other financial institutions. Instead of making The Independent Review. the authorized purchases, however, the Treasury used the TARP to inject funds into the banks by purchasing their preferred shares. In this way, IN THIS ISSUE the government acquired an ownership interest “Economic Troubles” by Dr. Robert Higgs ...............1 in nearly 600 commercial banks. President’s Letter ....................................................... 2 Meanwhile, the Fed made a series of unprec- The Independent Review ........................................... 3 edented types of asset purchases and loans, loan Independent Institute in the News ...........................4 guarantees, and asset swaps, and provided other Policy Reports Seek Insurance Deregulation .......... 5 forms of assistance to securities dealers, money- Student Programs Spark Spirit of Liberty .................6 market mutual funds, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Independent Institute Launches New Center ......... 7 the Federal Home Loan Banks, Citigroup, four- Help Us Advance the Future of Liberty ................... 8 (continued on page 7) 2 The INDEPENDENT President’s Letter EXECUTIVE STAFF DAVID J. THEROUX, Founder and President Culture and Liberty MARY L. G. THEROUX, Vice President MARTIN BUERGER, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer ALEXANDER TABARROK, Ph.D., Research Director BRUCE L. BENSON, Ph.D., Senior Fellow If we present man with a “ IVAN ELAND, Ph.D., Senior Fellow ROBERT HIGGS, Ph.D., Senior Fellow concept of man which is not ROBERT H. NELSON, Ph.D., Senior Fellow CHARLES V. PEÑA, Senior Fellow true, we may well corrupt WILLIAM F. SHUGHART II, Ph.D. Senior Fellow ALVARO VARGAS LLOSA, Senior Fellow him. The gas chambers of RICHARD K. VEDDER, Ph.D., Senior Fellow CARL P. CLOSE, Academic Affairs Director GAIL SAARI, Publications Director Auschwitz were the ultimate JULIANNA JELINEK, Development Director ROY M. CARLISLE, Marketing and Sales Director consequence of the theory WENDY HONETT, Publicity Director ROLAND DE BEQUE, Production Manager that man is nothing but the BOARD OF DIRECTORS product of heredity and environment—or, as the gilbert I. collins, Private Equity Manager PHILIP HANNER, Of Counsel, Botto Law Group Nazis liked to say, of ‘Blood and Soil.’ I am abso- PETER A. HOWLEY, Chairman, Howley Management Group Isabella S. johnson, President, The Curran Foundation lutely convinced that the gas chambers . were W. Dieter Tede, President, Hopper Creek Winery David J. Theroux, Founder and President, The Independent Institute Mary L. G. Theroux, former Chairman, Garvey International ultimately prepared not in some Ministry or other SALLY von behren, Businesswoman in Berlin, but rather at the desks and in the lecture BOARD OF ADVISORS herman belZ halls of nihilistic scientists and philosophers.” Emeritus Professor of History, University of Maryland Thomas Borcherding — Viktor E. Frankl, Holocaust survivor; Professor Professor of Economics, Claremont Graduate School Boudewijn Bouckaert Professor of Law, University of Ghent, Belgium of Neurology, University of Vienna James M. Buchanan Nobel Laureate in Economic Science, George Mason University ALLAN C. CARLSON A grassroots movement is sweeping the U.S., President, Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society ROBERT D. COOTER involving millions of people rediscovering the Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley Robert W. Crandall Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution principles of liberty. This cultural awakening is RICHARD A. EPSTEIN James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago A. ERNEST FITZGERALD challenging the bailouts, debt, wars, violations of the Author, The High Priests of Waste and The Pentagonists B. Delworth Gardner Bill of Rights, economic decline, and socialization of Emeritus Professor of Economics, Brigham Young University George Gilder economic and social life. Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute Nathan GlaZer Professor of Education and Social Structure, Emeritus, Harvard University Yet washington power grabs are in a frenzy, WILLIAM M. H. HAMMETT Former President, Manhattan Institute Ronald Hamowy pushing to control the well-being of every American. Emeritus Professor of History, University of Alberta, Canada STEVE H. HANKE Based on a moral relativism that views individuals Professor of Applied Economics, Johns Hopkins University JAMES J. HECKMAN as mere raw material to be manipulated, most intel- Nobel Laureate in Economic Science, University of Chicago H. ROBERT HELLER Director, Sonic Automotive lectual “elites” have long derided the cultural tradi- wendy kaminer Contributing Editor, The Atlantic Monthly LAWRENCE A. KUDLOW tions of individual liberty and responsibility, private Chief Executive Officer, Kudlow & Company JOHN R. MacARTHUR property, and free markets. Such “elites” believe that Publisher, Harper’s Magazine DEIRdre N. McCloskey people should be controlled and socialized to solve Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago J. Huston McCulloch Professor of Economics and Finance, Ohio State University every problem. And with a true-believing Barack Forrest McDonald Distinguished University Research Professor of History, University of Alabama Thomas Gale Moore Obama as President, the rush is on to impose every Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution Charles Murray type of long-sought collectivism. W. H. Brady Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Michael Novak Although the folly of statism is becoming more Jewett Scholar in Religion and Public Policy, American Enterprise Institute JUNE E. O’NEILL Director, Center for the Study of Business and Government, Baruch College and more apparent to many Americans, few un- Charles E. Phelps Provost Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Economics, University of Rochester Paul Craig Roberts derstand the nature of and solution to this cultural Chairman, Institute of Political Economy Nathan Rosenberg malaise and the threat it poses. As a result, we have Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr. Emeritus Professor of Economics, Stanford University PAUL H. RUBIN launched the Center on Culture and Civil Society (p. Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Economics and Law, Emory University BRUCE M. RUSSETT Dean Acheson Professor of International Relations, Yale University 7) to produce a new integrated understanding of the Pascal Salin Professor of Economics, University of Paris, France VERNON L. SMITH foundations of free societies. Senior Fellow Robert Nobel Laureate in Economic Science, George Mason University Pablo T. Spiller Nelson’s new book, The New Holy Wars, builds on the Professor of Business and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Joel H. Spring work of Jonathan Bean’s Race and Liberty in America, Professor of Education, State University of New York, Old Westbury Richard L. Stroup Adjunct Professor of Economics, North Carolina State University Robert Higgs’s Depression, War, and Cold War (p. 1), Thomas S. SZasZ Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, State University of New York, Syracuse and other Institute publications. Robert D. Tollison Professor of Economics and BB&T Senior Fellow, Clemson University Arnold S. Trebach Because we cannot let a new Dark Age of collectiv- Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice, American University GORDON TULLOCK ism take hold, we invite you to join as an Indepen- University Professor of Law and Economics, George Mason University GORE VIDAL Author, Burr, Lincoln, 1876, The Golden Age, and other books dent Associate Member. with your tax-deductible Richard E. Wagner Hobart R. Harris Professor of Economics, George Mason University
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