The Law, the State, and Other Political Writings, 1843-1850

Frédéric Bastiat was a keen observer and analyst of political and economic problems, and a passionate proponent of liberal economic theory. "The Law," "The State," and Other Political Writings, 1843-1850, collects nineteen of Bastiat's "pamphlets," or articles, ranging from the theory of value and rent, public choice and collective action, government intervention and regulation, the balance of trade, education, and trade unions to price controls, capital and growth, and taxation. Many of these are topics still relevant and debated today.

Jacques De Guenin founded the Cercle Frdric Bastiat in 1990. He has degrees in science from Paris and from the University of California, Berkeley, and has served as an executive in two multinational corporations. He is the author of The Logic of Classical Liberalism. Pas Cal Salin is Emeritus Professor of Economics, Paris University, and former president of the Mont Pelerin Society. He is the author of Libralisme; Franais, n'ayez pas peur du libralism; and Revenir au capitalisme, pour viter les crises. Dennis O'keeffe is Professor of Social Science at the University of Buckingham, Buckingham, England, and is Senior Research Fellow in Education at the Institute of Economic Affairs, London. Jean-Claude Paul-Dejean is a historian at the University of Bordeaux and a Bastiat scholar. David M. Hart has a Ph.D. in history from King's College, Cambridge, and is the Director of Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.