Claude Frédéric Bastiat, 1801-1850
Journalist, economist and wit, Frederic Bastiat was a French free-trade
activist, author of the famous "Petition of the Candlemakers" and
numerous other satirical pieces that have since become classics of economic
commentary. His 1850 magnum, Economic
Harmonies opus perhaps reflects his optimistic laissez-faire position best - in
which he envisions the economic classes in a capitalist system, far from being at war, as
being in "harmony".
Major Works of Frederic Bastiat
- "De l'influence des tarifs francais et anglais sur l'avenir des deux peoples",
1844, Journal des economistes. - extracts.
- Economic Sophisms, 1845.
- "Association
pour la liberté des échanges", 1846
- "L'Angleterre
et le libre-échange", 1847.
- "Propriete et Loi",
1848, Journal des economistes
- "Justice
et fraternité", 1848,
- "Government",
1849, Journal des Débats, (French version)
- "Deuxième
lettre au rédacteur de La Voix du Peuple", 1849
- "Balance
du commerce" 1850
- Travail humain, travail
national, 1850?
- Laissez faire,
1850?
- Prendre cinq et rendre
quatre, 1850?
- Les deux haches,
1850?
- Immense
découverte !!!, 1850?
- Petition of the Candlemakers, 1850? -
French version
- "Abondance,
Disette", 1850?
- "That Which is Seen and That Which
is Not Seen", 1850 - French
version
- The Law, 1850. (French: copy 1, copy 2;
English: copy
1, copy 2)
- Economic Harmonies, 1850.
- Selected
Essays on Political Economy,
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