In 1987 a very important volume appeared by economic historian Roberts Higgs entitled Crisis and Leviathan. Although packed with a wealth of detailed information, the basic thesis of the 350-page book is straightforward enough: governments will always take advantage of crises in order to grow larger. But once the crisis has passed, they never revert to their previous size.
Leviathan remains untamed.
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