Frédéric Bastiat

The Law was originally published in 1850, and considered the work for which Bastiat is best known. This is an unabridged edition -

Il est des français géniaux qui bénéficient d’une réputation internationale alors qu’on ne cite quasiment jamais leurs noms en France.Frédéric Bastiat, le Pape du libéralisme, est de ceux-là, qui souffre probablement de la trop grande clarté de ses écrits !Peut-être préfère-t-on, en France, se perdre dans des conversations ou des discussions sans fin plutôt que se référer simplement à des thèses lumineuses et pragmatiques.A une époque où l’on ne peut s’affirmer « libéral » sans se voir traiter aussitôt « d’ultra », il nous a paru important de réhabiliter la pensée de Frédéric Bastiat qui défend la liberté de l'individu face à toute autorité.Il écrit en 1850 : « Il y a trop de grands hommes dans le monde ; il y a trop de législateurs, d’organisateurs, d’instituteurs de sociétés, de conducteurs de peuples, de pères des nations, etc. Trop de gens se placent au-dessus de l'humanité pour la régenter, trop de gens font métier de s'occuper d'elle… » et ajoute : « L’État, c'est la grande fiction à travers laquelle tout le monde s’efforce de vivre aux dépens de tout le monde »Frédéric Bastiat nous rappelle que la pensée libérale, si elle est évidemment économique, est également une pensée philosophique, juridique et politique de la libération de l'homme.Mais l’homme occidental moderne est-il vraiment jaloux de sa liberté ?

What gives this work its unique quality and places it among the classics of economic literature is not only the logical rigor with which each fallacy is demolished, but the highly original and striking way in which the author uses wit, irony, satire, dialogue, and apologue to reduce erroneous ideas to patent absurdity, as, for example, in his famous petition of the candlemakers for protection against the competition of the sun.

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In two volumes, here is The Bastiat Collection, the main corpus of his writings in English in a restored and elegant translation that includes some of the most powerful defenses of free markets ever written. This restoration project has yielded a collection to treasure. After years of hard work and preparation, we can only report that it is an emotionally thrilling moment to finally offer to the general public. Claude Frédéric Bastiat was an economist and publicist of breathtaking intellectual energy and massive historical influence. He was born in Bayonne, France on June 29th, 1801. After the middle-class Revolution of 1830, Bastiat became politically active and was elected Justice of the Peace in 1831 and to the Council General (county-level assembly) in 1832. He was elected to the national legislative assembly after the French Revolution of 1848. Bastiat was inspired by and routinely corresponded with Richard Cobden and the English Anti-Corn Law League and worked with free-trade associations in France. Bastiat wrote sporadically starting in the 1830s, but in 1844 he launched his amazing publishing career when an article on the effects of protectionism on the French and English people was published in the Journal des Economistes which was held to critical acclaim. The bulk of his remarkable writing career that so inspired the early generation of English translators and so many more is contained in this collection. If we were to take the greatest economists from all ages and judge them on the basis of their theoretical rigor, their influence on economic education, and their impact in support of the free-market economy, then Frédéric Bastiat would be at the top of the list. These volumes bring together his greatest works and represents the early generation of English translations. These translators were like Bastiat himself, people from the private sector who had a love of knowledge and truth and who altered their careers to vigorously pursue intellectual ventures, scholarly publishing, and advocacy of free trade. The collection consists of three sections, the first of which contains his best-known essays. In That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen, Bastiat equips the reader to become an economist in the first paragraph and then presents the story of the broken window where a hoodlum is thought to create jobs and prosperity by breaking windows. Bastiat solves the quandary of prosperity via destruction by noting that while the apparent prosperity is seen, what is unseen is that which would have been produced had the windows not been broken. The second section is Bastiat s Economic Sophisms, a collection of 35 articles on the errors of protectionism broadly conceived. Here Bastiat shows his mastery of the methods of argumentation using basic logic and taking arguments to their logical extreme to demonstrate and ridicule them as obvious fallacies. In his Negative Railroad Bastiat argues that if an artificial break in a railroad causes prosperity by creating jobs for boatmen, porters, and hotel owners, then there should be not one break, but many, and indeed the railroad should be just a series of breaks a negative railroad. The third section is Bastiat s Economic Harmonies which was hastily written before his death in 1850 and is considered incomplete. Here he demonstrates that the interests of everyone in society are in harmony to the extent that property rights are respected. Because there are no inherent conflicts in the market, government intervention is unnecessary. Here we find a powerful but sadly neglected defense of the main thesis of old-style that society and economy are capable of self-managing. Unless this insight is understood and absorbed, a person can never really come to grips with the main meaning of liberty.

For as long as the debate over liberty has been waged, opponents of freedom have used unsound arguments to try to justify greater government involvement in our economic affairs. We encounter these fallacies expressed by students, professors, administrators, and many others along the way. Some claim that acts of destruction can result in economic growth. Others assert that professional licensing is good for consumers. Still more argue that restrictions on trade lead to a higher standard of living.These dangerous beliefs are not limited to the academic realm. Today more than ever public policy is dictated by flawed economic reasoning. Stimulus packages, cash for clunkers, trade quotas, tariffs, regulations, and licensing requirements are all in vogue amongst today’s politicians and policy makers.Our generation is not the first to be confronted by these erroneous arguments. In fact, they have already been confronted and proved fallacious by Frederick Bastiat. A 19th century French political economist, Bastiat dedicated his life to proving that government by its nature possesses neither the moral authority to intervene in our economic freedom nor the practical ability to create prosperity through intervention. He systematically debunked his opponents’ claims and observed that economic intervention is most commonly proposed by one group in society trying to gain for themselves at the expense of everyone else.Bastiat’s analysis is as relevant now as it was when he first penned the famous critiques. Students For Liberty and the Atlas Economic Research Foundation have published a new book, The Economics of What Your Professors Won’t Tell You. It features a feature a collection of Bastiat’s best essays including such classics as “What is Seen and What is Not Seen” and “A Petition”, along with contemporary essays by Nobel Laureate F.A. Hayek and Atlas Foundation Vice President Tom G. Palmer.

An inspiring exposition of the natural harmony that results when people are free to pursue their individual interests.

Fryderyk Bastiat stawia niezwykle ważną kwestię, od rozstrzygnięcia której zależą wybory ideologiczne. Słusznie krytykując i mnogość i nieuniknioną w tej sytuacji sprzeczność oczekiwań wobec państwa, wzywa do zastanowienia, czy państwo, ze względu na to, czym jest naprawdę, jest w ogóle zdolne do ich spełnienia. Mimo upływu ponad 150 lat od ogłoszenia tego artykułu, wezwanie Bastiata do odpowiedzi na pytanie "czym jest państwo", nie tylko nie straciło, ale nawet zyskało na aktualności z dwóch co najmniej powodów. Po pierwsze dlatego, że w naukach społecznych coraz mniej chodzi dziś o ustalenie prawdy, a coraz bardziej o realizowanie misji "pedagogicznej", przybierającej niekiedy postać moralizanctwa. Stąd też przewaga definicji postulatywnych, które są raczej katalogiem właściwości pożądanych, a nie rzeczywiście istniejących. Powód drugi, to wynikająca nie tyle z pedagogiki, co z przezorności, intencja ukrycia kryminalnych aspektów funkcjonowania współczesnych państw i pasożytniczego charakteru elit politycznych, wytkniętych nieubłaganym palcem Murraya Newtona Rothbarda. Tymczasem państwo jest po prostu monopolem na przemoc.

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter.Frederic Bastiat was a French political economist, statesman, classical liberal theorist, and the French Assembly. He coined the important economic concept of opportunity cost. His ideas have become the foundation for libertarian and the Austrian schools of thought.Most of Bastiat’s political writings were done during the years just before and immediately after the Revolution of February 1848 when France was rapidly turning to complete socialism. As a Deputy to the Legislative Assembly, Bastiat explained each socialist fallacy as it appeared and how socialism must inevitably degenerate into communism that it must fail.In this essay, What is Money?, Mr. Bastiat Bastiat used dialogue to address the question, "What is money?"Bastiat labelled the fractional reserve banking practices as a fraud on the general public. He further explained that the confusion of money and riches.Bastiat further showed that the notion of money as the source of wealth is incorrect. Trade is merely facilitated by the use of commodity money as the medium of exchange.Bastiat also admitted that any increase in the supply of money does not benefit society and does not increase satisfaction.Bastiat ended the dialogue with his recommendation for The most urgent necessity is, not that the State should teach, but that it should allow education. All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education.Bastiat’s reasoning remains as relevant today as it was then. The Essay is already read more than a hundred years and it will still be read for another century due to its truths.

English translations of Frederic Bastiat's famous satirical petition highlighting the absurdity of protectionism and government intervention in the free market.

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter.Frederic Bastiat was a French political economist, statesman, classical liberal theorist, and the French Assembly. He coined the important economic concept of opportunity cost. His ideas have become the foundation for libertarian and the Austrian schools of thought.Most of Bastiat’s political writings were done during the years just before and immediately after the Revolution of February 1848 when France was rapidly turning to complete socialism. As a Deputy to the Legislative Assembly, Bastiat explained each socialist fallacy as it appeared and how socialism must inevitably degenerate into communism that it must fail.The same situation exists in China today as in the France of 1848 after China became the second power house by GDP. The China Model and the China Specialized Socialism and planed economy that were then adopted in France are now sweeping China with a peak confidence.In this essay, Mr. Bastiat explained how the interest on capital declines as it becomes more plentiful. His key contribution to Austrian capital theory is his explanation how the accumulation of capital results in the enrichment of the workers by raising marginal productivity of workers. Capital accumulation would also result in cheaper and better quality consumer goods and raise real wages. Thus, the interests of capitalists and labor are aligned together.Bastiat also explained in the essay why in a free market no one can accumulate capital unless he uses it in a way that benefits others.The Essay is already read more than a hundred years and it will still be read for another century due to its truths.

Esta edição junta os textos mais célebres de Bastiat: «O Estado», no qual figura a célebre máxima de que «O Estado é a grande ficção pela qual todos tentam viver à custa uns dos outros»; «A Petição», uma das críticas mais brilhantes à ideologia proteccionista; «O que se vê e o que não se vê», famosa lição de apelo à previdência em economia; e o aclamadíssimo «A Lei», um dos mais célebres e influentes textos do liberalismo francês oitocentista.

El presente volumen ofrece una selección de textos de Bastiat que permite obtener una visión global de su pensamiento. Con este propósito se ha intentado escoger aquellos textos que, siendo representativos de las ideas de su autor, pueden ser leídos hoy con mayor interés. Se reproduce un número significativo de sus escritos cortos, especialmente de sus Sofismas económicos y de Lo que se ve y lo que no se ve.Algunos de estos escritos sorprenderán al lector por su actualidad. Así, por ejemplo, su crítica «antikeynesiana» a la idea de que para una economía puede resultar positiva la realización de un gasto para incrementar la demanda, al margen de que ese gasto sea o no productivo; su aceptación de una teoría subjetiva del valor y de la idea de que lo fundamental en la vida económica es el intercambio de servicios; sus anticipaciones de la moderna teoría de la elección pública y de los modelos de búsqueda de rentas mediante la creación de grupos de interés, así como de alguna forma de análisis que en nuestros días hacen los economistas del derecho y las instituciones. Bastiat fue sobre todo un decidido defensor del librecambio y de la libertad de comercio en general.Frédéric Bastiat nació en Bayona en 1801. Durante algunos años trabajó en los negocios familiares, formándose al mismo tiempo intelectualmente bajo la influencia de Adam Smith, J.B. Say, Destutt de Tracy y, especialmente, Charles Comte. Tras la revolución de 1848, fue primeramente diputado en la Adamblea Constituyente y luego en la Asamblea Legislativa. Fue sobre todo un brillante escritor, acérrimo defensor del laissez-faire y de la libertad de comercio. A partir de la publicación en Le Journal des Economistes, en 1844, de un célebre ataque contra el proteccionismo en Francia y en Inglaterra, desarrolló, en los últimos cinco años de su corta vida, una amplia labor publicística recogida sobre todo en sus obras Sofismas económicos, Armonías económicas y Lo que se ve y lo que no se ve, que tuvieron una enorme influencia no sólo en Francia, sino también en muchos otros países, entre ellos España. Murió en 1850 en Roma, donde está enterrado.

Frederick Bastiat was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly. Bastiat worked in his family's exporting business. This gave him first-hand knowledge of some of the effects of trade regulations on the market. His intellectual interests included philosophy, history, politics, religion, travel, poetry, political economy, and biography. His most famous work was The Law, originally published as a pamphlet in 1850. It defines a just system of laws and then demonstrates how such law facilitates a free society. What is Free Trade? is an adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" designed for the American reader. Bastiat begins his work with the question "Which is better for man and for society--abundance or scarcity?"

Os textos que compõem este livro foram traduzidos a partir das seguintes edições:. Oeuvres completes de Frédéric Bastiat, Paris, Guillaumin et Ck Libraires, 1862 a 1873.. Mélanges d'économie politique. Tome second, Bruxelles, Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1851.A obra reúne uma seleção de textos, alguns deles satíricos, como o famoso conto da janela quebrada, e outros mais técnicos, como a análise sobre o Estado. Nesses trabalhos são apresentadas muitas das ideias que consagraram Frédéric Bastiat como um dos mais eminentes representantes do liberalismo no século XIX e o autor clássico que mais influenciou o pensamento dos economistas da Escola Austríaca.Um princípio que perpassa todo o livro é a noção que a lei deve proteger a personalidade, a liberdade e a propriedade de cada um. O autor se preocupa com o constante risco da lei ser pervertida e ser colocada a serviço de interesses particulares, tornando-se, então, um instrumento de espoliação. Partindo destas premissas, Frédéric Bastiat define os governos como “a grande ficção por intermédio da qual todo mundo se esforça para viver às custas de todo mundo”.

Tym razem proponujemy nowe wydanie klasycznej książeczki Bastiata, uzupełnione o życiorys legendarnego ekonomisty.Nie przesadzę, jeśli stwierdzę, iż jest to jeden z najmądrzejszych i najbardziej pouczający wykładów myśli ekonomicznej. Na niespełna 80 stronach prawie dwa wieku temu Bastiat wyłożył zasady, które są aktualne do dzisiaj. I będą aktualne do dnia Sądu Ostatecznego.Problem w tym, że bardzo niewielu ekonomistów je rozumie, a jeszcze mniej stosuje. Najsmutniejsze jest to, że mimo upływu od śmierci Bastiata ponad 150 lat, nadal obowiązuje paradygmat o dobrej interwencji państwa, które w trosce o obywateli niszczy owoce naszej działalności. Trudno się dziwić. Paradygmat Ptolemeusza istniał ponad 160 lat po śmierci Kopernika. Te 160 lat od publikacji książki minęło 2 lata temu!

Frédéric Bastiat tornou-se amplamente lido com seus famosos ensaios sobre A Lei e sobre O Que Se Vê e o Que Não Se Vê. Uma de suas frases mais famosas, entretanto, não se encontra em nenhuma das suas duas obras mais /'O Estado é a grande ficção através da qual todo mundo se esforça para viver às custas de todo mundo". A famosa frase é a síntese de seu pequeno ensaio (28 páginas) sobre o que é o Estado, o que as pessoas esperam dele e o que ele de fato pode fazer.Bastiat elabora os conceitos das duas mãos do Estado, a mão macia, com a qual ele dá, e a mão firme, com a qual ele retira, o economista francês expõe como a população se frustra por esperar impossibilidades lógicas do Estado e como os Montanheses - participantes da Montanha, grupo político revolucionário da França que teve como principal nome Robespierre - aspiravam dois objetivos que entravam em contradição e não poderiam ser executados conjuntamente.Esta breve obra serve para retirar os véus que encobrem a verdadeira forma do Estado e mostrá-lo nu para o entendimento das contradições que as pessoas apresentam em relação ao Estado.L'ÉTAT c'est la grande fiction à travers laquelle TOUT LE MONDE s'efforce de vivre aux dépens de TOUT LE MONDE.

Claude-Frédéric Bastiat (1801 – 1850) was a French economist, writer and a prominent member of the French Liberal School. A member of the French National Assembly, Bastiat developed the economic concept of opportunity cost and introduced the parable of the broken window. He was described as “the most brilliant economic journalist who ever lived” by economic theorist Joseph Schumpeter. As an advocate of classical economics and the economics of Adam Smith, his views favored a free market and influenced the Austrian School. What is Seen and What is Not Seen In his 1850 essay "Ce qu'on voit et ce qu'on ne voit pas" ("What is seen and what is not seen"), Bastiat introduced through the parable of the broken window the concept of opportunity cost in all but name. This term was not coined until over sixty years after his death by Friedrich von Wieser in 1914. The translation brought was made by Patrick James Stirling (1809 - 1891) in 1850.

Dílo vynikajícího představitele Francouzské liberální šškoly Frédérica Bastiata, apošštola svobodného obchodu.Přestože zemřel ve věku 49 let a tvořil jen velmi krátce, francouzský žurnalista a politik Frédéric Bastiat velmi přesně popsal desítky chyb v logickém ekonomickém uvažování, které byly před 150 lety ve Francii v kurzu. Na Bastiatově díle je fascinující, že při čtení jeho esejí člověk naráží na to, kolik těchto chyb přežilo celých 150 let a nenápadně se změnily ve společensky uznávané pravdy. Bastiatova skvělá vysvětlovací schopnost tkví v brilantním užití satiry, která mu umožňovala popisovat i složitější ekonomické problémy pomocí příběhů. Například jeho Petice výrobců svíček má větší vysvětlovací schopnost než stovky jiných pojednání, která byla napsána. Absurditu protekcionalizmu totiž čtenáři předkládá do očí bijícím způsobem.Do tohoto českého výboru z Bastiatových spisů jsme kromě jeho bezesporu nejvýznamnějšího díla Co je vidět a co není vidět (Ce q'on voit et ce q'on ne voit pas) dále zařadili 3 ukázky z díla Ekonomické sofismata (Sophismes Èconomiques), které je vlastně tvořeno dvěma sériemi samostatních esejí, pamfletů a statí, spojených pouze obecnou tematickou příbuzností - jde o esej Dva systémy etiky (Deux morales) a o pamflety Protekcionismus aneb tři konšelé (La protection ou les trois Échevins) a Petice výrobců svíček (Pétition des fabricants des chandelles, etc.). Výbor ještě obsahuje stať Obchodní bilance (Balance du commerce), Bastiatovu poslední publikovanou práci, která sice původně vyšla mimo rámec Sofismat, avšak má v nich svůj předobraz ve stejnojmenné stati, které je 6. částí jejich I. série.Studie o Bastiatovi, která je součástí tohoto vydání, si (spolu s řadou poznámek překladatele) klade kromě jiného za cíl přiblížit českému čtenáři Bastiatovu osobnost, obhájit jeho vědeckou pozici proti nařčením ze strany Marxe, poukázat na souvztažnosti zde publikovaných Bastiatových prací s teoretickým zaměřením jeho díla jako celku, jakož i podat - na bázi teorie spontánního řádu - moderní interpretaci Bastiatových zkoumání vztahu bezprostředně viditelných a bezprostředně neviditelných účinků našeho jednání.ObsahPředmluva: Fré̀déric Bastiat a české ekonomické myšlení (Jan Pavlík), s. 7Fré̀déric Bastiat - myslitel svobody a harmonie (Jan Pavlík), s. 23Co je vidět a co není vidět, s. 99Obchodní bilance, s. 149Petice výrobců svíček, s. 155Protekcionismus aneb Tři konšelé, s. 161Dva systémy etiky, s. 173Překlad z francouzského origináluFré̀déric Bastiat, Ce q'on voit et ce q'on ne voit pas, Balance du commerce, Pé̀tition des fabricants des chandelles, etc., La protection ou les trois Echevins, Deux morales, Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat IV.-V., Guillamin et Cie, Libraires, Paris 1863

S touto knihou se čtenáři otevírají dva právem nejslavnější Bastiatovy eseje. Co je vidět a co není vidět brilantně vystihuje podstatu ekonomického uvažování a mělo by být pevně zabudováno v základu veškerého přemítání o ekonomických otázkách. Zákon, který v sobě kondenzuje základní témata liberálního smýšlení devatenáctého století a především je – na rozdíl od dnešní legislativy – ve svém sdělení jasný a přímý, by pak měl tvořit jádro úvah o uspořádání státu a jeho vztahu k občanům.Obsah:Co je vidět a co není vidětObchodní bilanceZákonVlastnictví a zákonOkrádání a zákon

LARGE PRINT EDITION! More at LargePrintLiberty.comClaude Frédéric Bastiat was an economist and publicist of breathtaking intellectual energy and massive historical influence. He was born in Bayonne, France on June 29th, 1801. After the middle-class Revolution of 1830, Bastiat became politically active and was elected Justice of the Peace in 1831 and to the Council General (county-level assembly) in 1832. He was elected to the national legislative assembly after the French Revolution of 1848.Bastiat was inspired by and routinely corresponded with Richard Cobden and the English Anti-Corn Law League and worked with free-trade associations in France. Bastiat wrote sporadically starting in the 1830s, but in 1844 he launched his amazing publishing career when an article on the effects of protectionism on the French and English people was published in the Journal des Economistes which was held to critical acclaim.The bulk of his remarkable writing career that so inspired the early generation of English translators—and so many more—is contained in this collection.

De begrippen ‘solidariteit’ en ‘rechtvaardigheid’ worden voortdurend in allerlei maatschappelijke discussies gebruikt. Wie kan er immers tegen solidariteit zijn, of tegen rechtvaardigheid? Maar retorische populariteit is nog geen garantie voor conceptuele helderheid. Zijn deze twee idealen wel altijd verzoenbaar? En wat als ze met elkaar in conflict komen?De 19de eeuwse Franse journalist en parlementariër Frédéric Bastiat stelde zich precies die vragen. Hij schreef in een tijd dat het ‘liberalisme’ en het ‘socialisme’ nog in hun kinderschoenen stonden. Maar als geen ander zag hij met heldere blik – en schetste hij met scherpe pen – hun toekomstige karaktertrekken. Vandaag lijken we een 'derde weg' bereikt te hebben, gekenmerkt door pragmatisme en politieke haalbaarheid. Bastiat toont echter op een frisse manier hoe ook die hedendaagse zienswijze in het licht van de fundamentele en letterlijk eeuwenoude keuze tussen solidariteit en rechtvaardigheid valt te plaatsen.

Uma obra sobre os homens, suas leis e a corrupção.O livro “A Lei” é um clássico do pensamento liberal, traz reflexão prática sobre temas como igualdade, livre iniciativa, impostos, democracia, liberdade, direitos à propriedade, autoritarismo e tantos outros que, passados quase dois séculos, ainda provocam debates acalorados.O texto de Bastiat é curto e provocador, mas repleto de um bom humor irônico que convida os adversários ao debate. Escrito em 1850, dois anos após o Manifesto Comunista de Marx, “A Lei” conseguiu antever toda a gama de equívocos dos socialistas e tornou-se um manifesto para desmascarar aqueles que querem (até hoje) aumentar o poder do estado.A leitura de Bastiat é muito atual e significativa para o brasileiro, pois permite ao leitor perceber qual deve ser o verdadeiro papel do Direito e do Estado em uma sociedade mais justa.EDIÇÃO BILÍ PORTUGUÊS - FRANCÊS

Les Pamphlets de Bastiat (1801-1850) edites sour ce titre en 1850et completes par le celebre Ce qu'on voit et ce qu'on ne voit pas excedent en realite le genre pamphletaire convenu. Ce sont autant de brefs mais denses essais a visee pedagogique conjuguant critique de la spoliation impliquee par les projets etatistes et socialistes au moment de la revolution de 1848, et esquisse d'une theorie liberale de la justice sociale attachee a promouvoir la liberte individuelle dans les champs les plus varies de la vie economique et parfois bien la solidarite, la fonction de l'argent, l'exercice du droit de propriete, l'enseignement, l'intervention de l'Etat, l'impot, les rapports entre le droit et la loi...Deja classiques outre-Atlantique, ces pamphlets incisifs et jubilatoires constituent un apport original a la theorie economique et posent les jalons d'une veritable theorie de la justice.

Paperback. 13,50 / 21,50 cm. In Turkish. 94 p. Translated by Ahmet Altundal Bastiat güçlü argümanlarini basit ve anlasilir bir dil ile ifade eden bir ekonomist. O yüzden bu kitap, ekonomi ögrencileri, mesleginin basindaki ekonomistler, profesyonel ekonomist olmamakla birlikte ekonomiye ilgi duyanlar için ideal bir kitap. Hatta bana kalirsa, "ekonomi benden sorulur" iddiasinda olanlar tarafindan da okunmasinda büyük fayda var. Okuyucunun kitabi okumayi bitirdiginde "keske parami (kit kaynak) bu kitaba harcayacagima, sinemaya gitseydim ya da baska bir kitap alsaydim (alternatif kullanimlar)" demeyecegine eminim. Prof. Dr. Murat Çokgezen

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur Kindle.Extrait :— Maudit argent ! maudit argent ! s’écriait d’un air désolé F* l’économiste, au sortir du Comité des finances où l’on venait de discuter un projet de papier-monnaie.— Qu’avez-vous ? lui dis-je. D’où vient ce dégoût subit pour la plus encensée des divinités de ce monde ?— Maudit argent ! maudit argent !— Vous m’alarmez. Il n’est rien qu’une fois ou autre je n’aie entendu blasphémer, la paix, la liberté, la vie, et Brutus a été jusqu’à dire : Vertu ! tu n’es qu’un nom ! Mais si quelque chose a échappé jusqu’ici…— Maudit argent ! maudit argent !— Allons, un peu de philosophie. Que vous est-il arrivé ? Crésus vient-il de vous éclabousser ? Mondor vous a-t-il ravi l’amour de votre mie ? ou bien Zoïle a-t-il acheté contre vous une diatribe au gazetier ?

Sisältö: Näkyvä ja näkymätön (Ce qu'on voit et ce qu'on ne voit pas, 1869.); Laki (La loi, 1850); Vetoomus, (Pétition, 1854). Johdanto: Johan Nordberg. Johdannon suomentanut Riikka Toivanen. Talousklassikko-sarja.Claude Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) oli liberaali ranskalainen taloustieteilijä, kirjailija, lainsäätäjä ja vapaan markkinatalouden puolestapuhuja. Hän kannatti optimistista ja periaatteellista liberalismia ja uskoi vakaasti kapitalismin lisäävän yleistä hyvinvointia kaikissa yhteiskuntaryhmissä. Ronald Reagan ja Margaret Thatcher ovat nimenneet Bastiatin yhdeksi suosikkikirjailijakseen taloustieteen saralla.Tähän teokseen on suomennettu Bastiatin kolme keskeisintä esseetä: Laki, Vetoomus sekä Näkyvä ja näkymätön. Bastiat nostaa esiin erittäin taitavasti talouden ja poliittisen elämän epäkohtia ja ristiriitaisuuksia. Vielä 150 vuotta ilmestymisensä jälkeen kirjoitukset ovat puhuttelevia ja ajankohtaisia.

De entre todos los pensadores liberales, el diputado, periodista y economista francés Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) es uno de los más antiguos y sin duda uno de los más brillantes. Bastiat escribió "La Ley" como contrapunto a los excesos socialistas en los que Francia estaba cayendo en esa época. Al igual que mucha gente en pleno siglo XXI, los franceses de su época aún creían que el gobierno debía ser responsable de todo lo relacionado con sus ciudadanos, incluso la restricción a la libertad basada en la fuerza de la ley. Los argumentos de Bastiat contra esta ingenua idea son tan relevantes hoy como lo fueron para Francia en su tiempo. El libro electrónico "La Ley" es un grito de libertad que todo demócrata debería leer.