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Claude Frédéric Bastiat (June 30, 1801–December 24, 1850) was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly.
Biography
Bastiat was born in Bayonne, Aquitaine, France. His public career as an economist began only in 1844, and was cut short by his untimely death in 1850. Bastiat had caught tuberculosis, probably during his tours throughout France to promote libertarian ideas, and that illness eventually prevented him from making further speeches (particularly at the legislative assembly to which he was elected in 1848 and 1849) and took his life. Frédéric Bastiat died in Rome, Italy on December 24, 1850. He declared on his death bed that his friend Gustave de Molinari (publisher of Bastiat's masterpiece The Law in 1849) was his spiritual heir.
Views
Bastiat can be said to be of the "Harmonic" school of libertarians, who consider utilitarian and natural law arguments as two complementary aspects of a same world. Bastiat did not take part in the anarchist-minarchist debate (he arguably died too early for that); he seems to have considered the State as something inevitable as far as immediate practical matter—something that ought to be taken into account as long as it existed. However, like all classical liberals, Bastiat maintained a deep distrust of all government, in any form, and worked all his life to demonstrate that government control of private individuals and regulation of private industry is inefficient, economically damaging, and morally wrong. More on [ Frédéric Bastiat ]
RT @johnmichaelpix: If you wish to prosper, let your customer prosper...- Frédéric Bastiat
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RT @johnmichaelpix: If you wish to prosper, let your customer prosper...- Frédéric Bastiat
Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. - Frederic Bastiat #tcot #ocra #teaparty
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Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. - Frederic Bastiat #tcot #ocra #teaparty
"...the masses are plundered and do not know it.â- Frederic Bastiat
jeffreyjones (Jeffrey Jones) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:19:58 -0000
"...the masses are plundered and do not know it.”- Frederic Bastiat
Der Staat ist die groÃe Fiktion, nach der sich jedermann bemüht, auf Kosten jedermanns zu leben. (Frédéric Bastiat)
hennw (Henning) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:51:00 -0000
Der Staat ist die große Fiktion, nach der sich jedermann bemüht, auf Kosten jedermanns zu leben. (Frédéric Bastiat)
Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone Frederic Bastiat
JWINGSPREAD (John W Howell) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:44:07 -0000
Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone Frederic Bastiat
The State is great fiction by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else."- Frederic Bastiat #HCR #tcot #tlot #ucot
thebighoot (John modisett) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:31:05 -0000
The State is great fiction by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else."- Frederic Bastiat #HCR #tcot #tlot #ucot
Bastiat at the Library of Economics and Liberty - Complete e-texts of some of his works with an annotated bibliography.
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Between the French and Marginalist Revolutions - Mises.org intellecual biography.
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Economic Sophisms - Searchable online version of Economic Sophisms.
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Frédéric Bastiat - Notes on Bastiat, links, and some online pamphlets.
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Frédéric Bastiat - Frédéric Bastiat works and links.
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Frederic Bastiat - Biography, bibliography, resources and links.
Frederic Bastiat - A short biography from the Acton Institute's publication Religion Liberty
Frederic Bastiat (1801 - 1850) - Short bio and some links to resources.
Government - Online version of Frederic Bastiat's work.
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Liberal Thinkers: Frédéric Bastiat - A short biography from the site of Liberal International.
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Quotes from Frederic Bastiat - A selection of Bastiat quotes from Freedom's Nest.
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That Which Is Seen, And That Which Is Not Seen - Online version of Frederic Bastiat's work.
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The Law - Anti-socialist treatise by Frederic Bastiat.
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