The Law, the State, and other political writings, 1843-1850 / Frédéric Bastiat ; Jacques de Guenin, general editor ; translated from the French by Jane Willems and Michel Willems ; with an introduction by Pascal Salin ; annotations and glossaries by Jacques de Guenin and David M. Hart ; translation editor, Dennis O'Keeffe ; academic editor, David M. Hart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bastiat, Frédéric, 1801-1850.

Contributor:

Guenin, Jacques de.

Willems, Jane.

Willems, Michel.

O'Keeffe, Dennis.

Hart, David M.

Series:

Bastiat, Frédéric, 1801-1850. English. 2011. Works.

Collected works of Frédéric Bastiat

Collected Works of Frederic Bastiat

Standardized Title:

Selections. English. 2012

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics.

Law.

Property.

France--Politics and government--1830-1848.

France.

France--Politics and government--1848-1852.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (537 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon , Barnes and Noble , and iTunes .

Contents:

Reflections on the petitions from Bordeaux, Le Havre, and Lyons relating to the Customs Service

The tax authorities and wine

On the wine-growing question

Property and law

Justice and fraternity

Individualism and fraternity

The state

The state (draft )

The law

Property and plunder

Baccalaureate and socialism

Protectionism and communism

Plunder and law

The war against chairs of political economy

Peace and freedom or the republican budget

Discourse on the tax on wines and spirits

The repression of industrial unions

Reflections on the amendment of M. Mortimer-Ternaux

Parliamentary conflicts of interest.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-472) and index.

ISBN:

1-61487-901-X

OCLC:

843881995