Book Cover of Essays on Political Economy

Essays on Political Economy

by Frederic Bastiat

Bastiat asserted that the only purpose of government is to defend the right of an individual to life, liberty, and property. From this definition, Bastiat concluded that the law cannot defend life, liberty and property if it promotes socialist policies inherently opposed to these very things. In this way, he says, the law is perverted and turned against the thing it is supposed to defend.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1850

Authors

Frederic Bastiat image

Claude-Frédéric Bastiat was a French economist, writer and a prominent member of the French Liberal School.    A member of the French National Assembly, Bastiat...

Books by Frederic Bastiat

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, September 1909 Cover image

History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, September 1909 by Various

The *History Teacher's Magazine*, launched in 1909, was a pioneering publication dedicated to supporting and advancing the field of history education....

Women and Economics Cover image

Women and Economics by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Women and Economics is a seminal work in the field of gender studies and economics. Published in 1898, it explores the economic relationship between m...

Capital and Interest Cover image

Capital and Interest by Frederic Bastiat

Capital and Interest is an essay by French economist Frédéric Bastiat that addresses the popular fallacy of the day that capital should be available t...

No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes Cover image

No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes by Rupert H. Wheldon

This groundbreaking book, published in the early 20th century, is considered the first vegan cookbook. It goes beyond simply offering recipes, provid...

The History of Standard Oil: Volume 2 Cover image

The History of Standard Oil: Volume 2 by Ida Tarbell

The History of the Standard Oil Company is a 1904 book by journalist Ida Tarbell. It is an exposé about the Standard Oil Company, run at the time by o...

Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke Cover image

Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke

This book presents a selection of speeches and writings by Edmund Burke, a prominent British statesman and philosopher. The work delves into Burke's p...

A Letter Concerning Toleration Cover image

A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke

Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke was originally published in 1689. Its initial publication was in Latin, though it was immediately translate...

Use of Knowledge in Society Cover image

Use of Knowledge in Society by Friedrich Hayek

In "Use of Knowledge in Society," Friedrich Hayek argues against the feasibility and efficiency of a centrally planned economy. He emphasizes the inhe...

Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei Cover image

Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei by Karl Marx

Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels schrieben ihr Manifest im Dezember 1847, als Leitfaden fuer die grundsaetzlichen Prinzipien und Praktiken des Kommunism...

Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production, Vol 1 Cover image

Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production, Vol 1 by Karl Marx

Capital, Volume I is the first of three volumes in Karl Marx’s monumental work, Das Kapital, and the only volume to be published during his lifetime,...

Reviews for Essays on Political Economy

No reviews posted or approved, yet...