Property, Law, and Government: Essays on's Political Economy

Author: [French] Bastiat
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Bastiat possessed a 19th-century optimism, standing at the threshold of a globalized era and the dawn of liberalism's victory. Today, after experiencing various utopias, we have lost this optimism. We know that rational persuasion cannot make people abandon their illusions and delusions, because those who have fantasies and delusions are not because they do not understand economics and law, but because they have desires for control and manipulation, and because they believe they are superior and can manipulate humanity at will. And these, Bastiat revealed to us long ago. This book consists of fourteen chapters, collecting articles that reflect all aspects of Bastiat's thoughts, including his famous essays The Seen and the Unseen and The Law.