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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 function of the law, the law and morality, "the vicious circle of socialism",... Read Full Overview

Frederick Bastiat dismantles Socialism, the Nanny State, the Welfare State, Pro-Business Cronyism, and all the other forms of government interference in people's lives.He destroys the perverse logic of the Do-Gooders who want to help one group or another because, somehow, it's... Read Full Overview

2021 Hardcover Reprint of 1950 American Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) was a French economist, statesman and author. He did most of his writing during the years just before and... Read Full 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... Read Full Overview

The Law was originally published in French in 1850 by Fr d ric Bastiat. It was written two years after the third French Revolution of 1848 and a few months before his death of tuberculosis at age 49. It is the work for which Bastiat is most famous. This translation to American... Read Full Overview

We hold from God the gift which, as far as we are concerned, contains all others, Life- physical, intellectual, and moral life. But life cannot support itself. He who has bestowed it, has entrusted us with the care of supporting it, of developing it, and of perfecting it. To... Read Full Overview

The Law was originally published in 1850, and considered the work for which Bastiat is best known. This is an unabridged edition -

How is it that the law enforcer itself does not have to keep the law? How is it that the law permits the state to lawfully engage in actions which, if undertaken by individuals, would land them in jail? These are among the most intriguing issues in political and economic philosophy... Read Full Overview

The Law was originally published in French in 1850 by Fr d ric Bastiat. It was written two years after the third French Revolution of 1848 and a few months before his death of tuberculosis at age 49. It is the work for which Bastiat is most famous. This translation to American... Read Full Overview

How is it that the law enforcer itself does not have to keep the law? How is it that the law permits the state to lawfully engage in actions which, if undertaken by individuals, would land them in jail? These are among the most intriguing issues in political and economic philosophy... Read Full 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... Read Full Overview

Fr d ric Bastiat (1801-1850) fue uno de los principales defensores del libre comercio en la Francia del siglo XIX, y su labor divulgativa goz en su momento de amplio reconocimiento en toda Europa. Como economista, su trabajo ha continuado siendo objeto de estudio, especialmente... Read Full Overview