Frederic Bastiat

172 books • 5 series

Claude-Fr�d�ric Bastiat was a French economist, writer, and member of the French Liberal School. He was born on 30 June 1801 in Bayonne, Aquitaine, a port town on the Bay of Biscay. His work The Law, in which he made the case that the law should safeguard rights like private property rather than ""plunder,"" made him the most well-known author. His mother passed away when he was seven years old, and his father, Pierre Bastiat, was a well-known businessman. He acquired academic interests in a variety of subjects, including politics, philosophy, and religion. Bastiat died in 1850 from TB, most likely while on one of his trips around France. Before passing away on December 24, 1850, he muttered ""the truth"" twice. He stated in The Law, ""I shall preach this idea with all the might of my lungs till the day of my death."" Bastiat passed away in Rome and is buried at San Luigi dei Francesi in the heart of the city. On his deathbed, he stated that his close friend Gustave de Molinari, who published Bastiat's book The Law in 1850, was his spiritual heir.
Oct 1, 2012
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Harmonies of Political Economy (Volume 2)

Jul 1, 2012
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Oeuvres Completes de Frederic Bastiat, 5; Mises En Ordre, Revues Et Annotees D'Apres Les Manuscrits de L'Auteur

Jul 1, 2012
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What Is Free Trade?; An Adaptation of Frederick Bastiat's Sophismes Economiques Designed for the American Reader

Jun 26, 2012
Cover of Law, the State & Other Political Writings, 1843-1850

Law, the State & Other Political Writings, 1843-1850

Jun 1, 2012
Cover of Oeuvres Complètes de Frédéric Bastiat. Cobden Et La Ligue (Éd.1862-1864)

Oeuvres Complètes de Frédéric Bastiat. Cobden Et La Ligue (Éd.1862-1864) (Sciences Sociales)

Jun 1, 2012
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Oeuvres Complètes de Frédéric Bastiat. Sophismes Économiques (Éd.1862-1864) (Sciences Sociales)

Jun 1, 2012
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Oeuvres Complètes de Frédéric Bastiat. Correspondance. Mélanges (Éd.1862-1864) (Sciences Sociales)

Jun 1, 2012
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Oeuvres Complètes de Frédéric Bastiat. Harmonies Économiques (Éd.1862-1864) (Sciences Sociales)

Jun 1, 2012
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Oeuvres Complètes de Frédéric Bastiat. Petits Pamphlets (Éd.1862-1864) (Sciences Sociales)

Jun 1, 2012
Cover of Oeuvres Complètes de Frédéric Bastiat. Le Libre-Échange (Éd.1862-1864)

Oeuvres Complètes de Frédéric Bastiat. Le Libre-Échange (Éd.1862-1864) (Sciences Sociales)

May 1, 2012
Cover of L'Etat. Maudit Argent. (Ed.1849)

L'Etat. Maudit Argent. (Ed.1849) (Sciences Sociales)

May 1, 2012
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Baccalaureat Et Socialisme, (Ed.1850) (Sciences Sociales)

May 1, 2012
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CE Qu'on Voit Et CE Qu'on Ne Voit Pas, Ou l'Économie Politique En Une Leçon (5e Édition) (Éd.1879) (Sciences Sociales)

May 1, 2012
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Sophismes Economiques English with Notes

Apr 1, 2012
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Oeuvres Choisies...

Mar 15, 2012
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Le Very Best of de Fr D Ric Bastiat

Mar 14, 2012
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Oeuvres Completes...

Feb 13, 2012
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Frederic Bastiat's Ausgewahlte Volkswirthschaftliche Und Politische Schriften...

Feb 13, 2012
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Harmonies Et Perturbations Socials...

Feb 1, 2012
Cover of Popular Fallacies Regarding Trade and Foreign Duties; Being the Sophismes Economiques of Frederic Bastiat

Popular Fallacies Regarding Trade and Foreign Duties; Being the Sophismes Economiques of Frederic Bastiat

Feb 1, 2012
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(Oeuvres Completes de Frederic Bastiat, Mises En Ordre (3); REV. Et Annotees D'Apres Les Manuscrits de L'Auteur

Feb 1, 2012
Cover of Cobden Et La Ligue Ou L'Agitation Anglaise Pour La Liberte Du Commerce

Cobden Et La Ligue Ou L'Agitation Anglaise Pour La Liberte Du Commerce

Feb 1, 2012
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Agitation Anglaise Pour La Liberte Du Commerce

Feb 1, 2012
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Popular Fallacies Regarding General Interests; Being a Translation of the Sophismes Economiques