Frédéric Bastiat from A to Z: his best quotes classified by theme

Author: Frederic Bastiat
Pages: 202

A theoretician of economic harmony and opponent of statism, socialism and other avatars of what he called legal spoliation, Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) left us a rich, fertile and — considering his death at the age of 49 — surprisingly vast body of work. In addition to his Complete Works , recently reissued by the Coppet Institute, we have tried to offer a synthetic work. To preserve his inimitable sense of formula, his literary talent, the accuracy of his insights, but also the force of his prophecies, there was no better way than to compile, on all subjects, the expression he gave of his ideas. We will therefore find in this book the concentrate, the essence of the work of this economist. Will the reader feel for himself, as we have felt ourselves, the strength and great topicality of Bastiat's ideas, on subjects as sensitive as public spending, taxes, free trade, socialism, unemployment or social protection? That is what we hope. — So that he comes out of it grown, changed, as one is in contact with all great minds.