Economic Ideas: Frédéric Bastiat on the Law of Liberty and Free Markets
byThe defense of economic liberty has never been an easy task. Adam Smith expressed his own despair at this problem in The Wealth of…
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Must free trade be reciprocal?
byThis classic essay by Frédéric Bastiat was recently featured at Mises.org. It was first published in 1845, as the tenth chapter of Bastiat’s Economic Sophisms. We…
The obstacle mistaken for the cause
byThis classic essay by Frédéric Bastiat was recently featured at Mises.org. It was first published in 1845, as the second chapter of Bastiat’s Economic…
Abundance vs. scarcity
byThis classic essay by Frédéric Bastiat was recently featured at Mises.org. It was first published in 1845, as the first chapter of Bastiat’s Economic…
Riots and earthquakes are good for business
bySeveral thoughts pirouetted across my mind as I watched the coverage of Saturday’s protest and riots. I wondered why anti-capitalists were wearing clothing with…
Bastiat – The State
byIn the course of things, I had cause to quote Bastiat: “The state is the great fiction by which everyone seeks to live at…
Catholic Social Conscience Talk, Philip Booth
byMarch 19th 2010, Blackfriars, Oxford University. When I first started dipping my toe into writing and researching Catholic social teaching, I did not see…