Frederic Bastiat

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Here, in this 1850 classic, a powerful refutation of Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto, published two years earlier, Bastiat discusses: what is law?, why socialism constitutes legal plunder, the proper ...

The Law is at once a logical and wonderfully concise introduction to libertarian philosophy, and a strident call for small government. Frederic Bastians classic, written in 18...

The first part of Frederic Bastiat's "two great works on Political Economy," Economic Sophisms serves to educate and inform the masses about the dangers and restrictions of the Protectionist school of...

Originally published in French in 1848, Essays on Political Economy by Frederic Bastiat is a collection of essays in which Bastiat addresses several controversial economic and political principles, su...

Considered a classic of economic theory on a par with Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, this 19th-century book-by French political libertarian and economist CLAUDE FRÉDÉRIC BASTIAT (1801-1850)-is a ...

Frederick Bastiat was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly. Bastiat worked in his family's exporting business. This gave him first-hand knowledge...