Contributions

  • Norman Barry (Introduction) - Contributor

Publication

2001-12-01 - Inst of Economic Affairs

Language

English

Word Count

21,750 words, Guess

Page Count

87 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCK357 .B3613 2001x

Description

"Frederic Bastiat, who was born two hundred years ago, was a leader of the French laissez-faire tradition in the first half of the nineteenth century. He was influenced by Cobden's Anti-Corn Law League and became a convinced free trader. Joseph Schumpeter described Bastiat as 'the most brilliant economic journalist who ever lived'." "In The Law, written in 1850, the year of his death, Bastiat recognises the central importance of the law and morality in a free society. He was concerned that government was using the 'law' to become too active a participant in the economy whilst devoting too little attention to protecting life and liberty."--BOOK JACKET.

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Series Statement

  • Occasional Paper, 123

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