Essays on Political Economy |
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| Author:
| Bastiat, Frédéric |
| Series title: | Wiseblood Classics of Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4895-6803-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $7.00 |
Book Description:
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". . . prudent, practical business folk, flocked to the banner of Bastiat, the most superficial and therefore the most successful representative of apologetic vulgar economics. . ."-Karl Marx, CAPITAL: A Critique of Political EconomyClaude Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) was a French politician, classical liberal economist, and philosopher. This collection of his ESSAYS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY contains some of his most famous, most prescient, and most controversial writings, including...
More Description". . . prudent, practical business folk, flocked to the banner of Bastiat, the most superficial and therefore the most successful representative of apologetic vulgar economics. . ."-Karl Marx, CAPITAL: A Critique of Political EconomyClaude Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) was a French politician, classical liberal economist, and philosopher. This collection of his ESSAYS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY contains some of his most famous, most prescient, and most controversial writings, including "Parable of the Broken Window," which illuminates the economy of destruction, and the money spent to recover from destruction, as well as "The Law," in which he juxtaposes justice, which has specific limits, with philanthropy, which is limitless, and therefore government can grow endlessly when the latter becomes its function. The resulting statism is "based on this triple hypothesis: the total inertness of mankind, the omnipotence of the law, and the infallibility of the legislator." Even those readers who, like Marx, disagree with him, will not fail to be impressed by his forceful logic, parabolic imagination, and wit. WISEBLOOD BOOKS is an Editing & Publishing Line dedicated to preserving, pruning, and printing fiction, essay collections, and other work fit for the world stage. We believe that many manuscripts should be published widely but remain buried in desk drawers because they cannot meet the New York publishing industry's often dubious demands. We aim to remedy that. WISEBLOOD CLASSICS OF PHILOSOPHY brings hard-to-find works back into being, and introduces forgotten writings of great merit to a new generation. Many of our CLASSICS contain critical introductions and interpretive essays. Visit us at www.wisebloodbooks.com. We are wide-eyed for new epiphanies.