"The Law," "The State," and Other Political Writings, 1843-1850

by Frederic Bastiat

Overview

“The Law,” “The State,” and Other Political Writings, 1843–1850, collects nineteen of Bastiat’s “pamphlets,” or articles, ranging from the theory of value and rent, public choice and collective action, government intervention and regulation, the balance of trade, education, and trade unions to price controls, capital and growth, and taxation. Many of these are topics still relevant and debated today.

In addition, this edition also contains footnotes and glossary entries that help explain the political, economic, and intellectual context in which Bastiat lived and worked. Filling gaps on Bastiat and his philosophy, this volume features articles that have never before been translated in English.

Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850) was one of the leading advocates of free markets and free trade in the mid-nineteenth century.

Pascal Salin is Emeritus Professor of Economics, Paris University, and former president of the Mont Pelerin Society. He is the author of Libéralisme; Français, n’ayez pas peur du libéralism; and Revenir au capitalisme, pour éviter les crises.

Jacques de Guenin is founder of the Cercle Frédéric Bastiat. He is a graduate of the École des Mines in Paris and holds a Master of Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley.

Dennis O’Keeffe is Professor of Social Science at the University of Buckingham, Buckingham, England, and is Senior Research Fellow in Education at the Institute of Economic Affairs, London.

David M. Hart has a Ph.D. in history from King’s College, Cambridge, and is the Director of Liberty Fund’s Online Library of Liberty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780865978294
Publisher:	Liberty Fund, Incorporated
Publication date:	06/26/2012
Series:	The Collected Works of Fr d ric Bastiat , #2
Pages:	496
Sales rank:	292,489
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

General Editor's Note ix

Note on the Translation xi

Note on the Editions of the CEuvres completes xv

Acknowledgments xvii

Introduction xix

Frédéric Bastiat Chronology xxxii

Map of France Showing Cities Mentioned by Bastiat xxxiv

Map of Southwestern France xxxv

"The Law," "The State," and Other Political Writings, 1843-1850

1 Reflections on the Petitions from Bordeaux, Le Havre, and Lyons Relating to the Customs Service 1

2 The Tax Authorities and Wine 10

3 On die Wine-Growing Question 25

4 Property and Law 43

5 Justice and Fraternity 60

6 Individualism and Fraternity 82

7 The State 93

8 The State (draft) 105

9 The Law 107

10 Property and Plunder 147

11 Baccalaureate and Socialism 185

12 Protectionism and Communism 235

13 Plunder and Law 266

14 The War Against Chairs of Political Economy 277

15 Peace and Freedom or the Republican Budget 282

16 Discourse on the Tax on Wines and Spirits 328

17 The Repression of Industrial Unions 348

18 Reflections on the Amendment of M. Mortimer-Ternaux 362

19 Parliamentary Conflicts of Interest 366

Bastiat's Political Writings: Anecdotes and Reflections 401

Glossary of Persons 417

Glossary of Places 451

Glossary of Subjects and Terms 453

Bibliographical Note on the "Works Cited in This Volume 463

Bibliography 465

Index 473