Frédéric Bastiat

The Law

Bastiat, a French economist and journalist, originally published The Law as a pamphlet in 1850. It defines a just system of laws and then demonstrates how such law facilitates a free society. The main purpose of government, Bastiat argues, is the protection of the lives, liberties, and properties of its citizens.

La Ley

Cobden Club (London, England)

Being the "Sophismes Économiques" of Frédéric Bastiat

Popular Fallacies Regarding Trade and Foreign Duties

Economic Fallacies

Swaathanthryathinte Saambathikashaastram ‘Swaathanthryathinte Saambathikashaastram’, an e-book published by CPPR is the first Malayalam translation of ‘The Economics of Freedom: What Your Professor won’t Tell You’. This seminal work by Frederic Bastiat, a 19th-century French political economist, employs logic and humour to explain the fallacies on which government intervention in the economy rests. This little book will be a brief introduction to ‘the most brilliant economic journalist who ever lived’.

Frédéric Bastiat

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