Robert Higgs (født 1. februar 1944) er en amerikansk økonom tilhørende den såkaldte østrigske skole.
Higgs har udgivet en række bøger om økonomi, herunder: The Transformation of the American Economy, 1865-1914 (1971) Competition and Coercion: Blacks in the American Economy, 1865-1914 (1977; paperback 1980) Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government (1987) Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society (2004) Resurgence of the Warfare State: The Crisis Since 9/11 (2005) Depression, War and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy (2006) Politická ekonomie strachu ("The Political Economy of Fear") (udgivet på tjekkisk; 2006) Neither Liberty Nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government (2007)
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