Frederic Bastiat Books
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Candlestick Makers Petition
[english | ]Frederic Bastiat
Excerpts: [... You are on the right track. You reject abstract theories and little regard for abundance and low prices. You concern yourselves mainly ...... as for principles, you deny that there are any in political economy therefore we shall call it your practice - your practice without theory and without ...... rival, which is none other than the sun, is waging war on us so mercilessly we ...]
Genres: [classic] Downloads: 25
Essays On Political Economy
[english | 1874]Frederic Bastiat
Excerpts: [... It depends exclusively upon the giver, and the receiver cannot be said to have any right to it. Without a doubt, morality and religion make it ...... I yield to you what I have done, yield to me what you have done. The labour is past, instead of present but the exchange is not the less governed ...... a Pascal, a Fenelon mankind would have been ignorant of all arts, sciences, and ...]
Genres: [essays | politics | audiobook] Downloads: 319
Sophisms Of The Protectionists
[english | ]Frederic Bastiat
Excerpts: [... the custom-house inscribed 200,000 francs upon its list of exportations, and as there can of course be nothing to balance this entry on the list ...... length upon this subject, but prefer illustrating my thought by an example. A countryman had twenty acres of land, with a capital of 10,000 francs. ...... corn, on the other side of the mountain, but these are forbidden to them for ...]
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That Which Is Seen And That Which Is Not Seen
[english | ]Frederic Bastiat
Excerpts: [... to the intervention of the State, poor James has a plough. He will no longer be obliged to dig the ground he is on the road to make a fortune. It ...... his daughter's marriage portion this is what is not seen. He would have become a member of the Mutual Assistance Society, but now he cannot ...... habit of seeing both, and taking account of both. When a public expense is proposed, ...]
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The Law
[english | 1849]Frederic Bastiat
Summary: [The Law original French title La Loi is a 1849 book by Frdric Bastiat. It was published one year after the third French Revolution of 1848 and one year before his death of tuberculosis at age 49. The essay was influenced by John Lockes Second Treatise on Government and in turn influenced Henry Hazlitts Economics in One Lesson. It is the work for which Bastiat is most famous along with The ...]
Genres: [non-fiction | political science] Downloads: 83