“The Law,” “The State,” and Other Political Writings, 1843–1850. Bastiat Frédéric

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Название “The Law,” “The State,” and Other Political Writings, 1843–1850
Автор произведения Bastiat Frédéric
Жанр Экономика
Серия The Collected Works of Frederic Bastiat
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      [print edition page i]

      “The Law,” “The State,” and

      Other Political Writings,

      1843–1850

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      THE COLLECTED WORKS OF FRÉDÉRIC BASTIAT

      Jacques de Guenin, General Editor

       The Man and the Statesman: The Correspondence and Articles on Politics

       “The Law,” “The State,” and Other Political Writings, 1843–1850

       Economic Sophisms and “What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen”

       Miscellaneous Works on Economics: From “Jacques-Bonhomme” to Le Journal des Économistes

       Economic Harmonies

       The Struggle Against Protectionism: The English and French Free-Trade Movements

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      This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.

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      The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as a design element in Liberty Fund books is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.

      © 2012 by Liberty Fund, Inc.

      Cover art: Image of the village of Mugron, France, the town where Bastiat spent most of his adult life, from a postcard at www.communes.com / www.notrefamille.com.

      This eBook edition published in 2012.

      eBook ISBN: E-PUB 978-1-61487-254-2

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       Contents

       General Editor’s Note

       Note on the Translation

       Acknowledgments

       Introduction

       Frédéric Bastiat Chronology

       Map of France Showing Cities Mentioned by Bastiat

       Map of Southwestern France

       9. The Law

       10. Property and Plunder

       11. Baccalaureate and Socialism

       12. Protectionism and Communism

       13. Plunder and Law

       14. The War Against Chairs of Political Economy

       15. Peace and Freedom or the Republican Budget

       16. Discourse on the Tax on Wines and Spirits

       17. The Repression of Industrial Unions

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       18. Reflections on the Amendment of M. Mortimer-Ternaux

       19. Parliamentary Conflicts of Interest

       Bastiat’s Political Writings: Anecdotes and Reflections

      Glossary of Persons

      Glossary of Places

      Glossary of Subjects and Terms

      Bibliographical Note on the Works Cited in This Volume

      Bibliography

      Index

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      The six-volume Collected Works of Frédéric Bastiat will be the most complete compilation of Bastiat’s works published to date, in any country or in any language. The main source for the translation is the Œuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, published by Guillaumin in the 1850s and 1860s.1

      Although the Guillaumin edition was generally chronological, the volumes in this series have been arranged thematically:

       The Man and the Statesman: The Correspondence and Articles on Politics

       “The Law,” “The State,” and Other Political Writings, 1843–1850

       Economic Sophisms and “What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen”

       Miscellaneous Works on Economics: From “Jacques-Bonhomme” to Le Journal des Économistes

       Economic Harmonies

       The Struggle Against Protectionism: The English and French Free-Trade Movements

      There are four kinds of notes in this volume: footnotes by the editor of the Guillaumin edition