The Online Library of Liberty

A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.

• George B. De Huszar, Preface to the English-language Edition
• F. A. Hayek, Introduction
• 1: What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen 1
• 1. the Broken Window
• 2. the Demobilization
• 3. Taxes
• 4. Theaters and Fine Arts
• 5. Public Works
• 6. Middlemen
• 7. Restraint of Trade
• 8. Machines
• 9. Credit
• 10. Algeria
• 11. Thrift and Luxury
• 12. the Right to Employment and the Right to Profit
• 2: The Law 1
• 3: Property and Law 1
• 4: Justice and Fraternity 1
• 5: The State 1
• 6: Property and Plunder *
• First Letter 1
• Second Letter
• Third Letter
• Fourth Letter
• Fifth Letter
• Protest of M. Considérant and Reply of F. Bastiat. 14
• 7.: Protectionism and Communism
• 8.: Plunder and Law 1
• 9.: Academic Degrees and Socialism
• 10: Declaration of War Against the Professors of Political Economy 1
• 11: Speech On the Suppression of Industrial Combinations 1
• 12: To the Democrats
• 13: The Balance of Trade 1
• About the Publisher
• Additional Books By Frédéric Bastiat
• The Law
• Economic Harmonies
• Economic Sophisms

About the Publisher

The Foundation for Economic Education was established in 1946 by Leonard E. Read to study and advance the moral and intellectual rationale for a free society.

The Foundation publishes ldeas on Liberty, an award-winning monthly magazine devoted to economics, history, and moral philosophy. FEE also publishes books, hosts seminars, conducts programs for high school and college students, and maintains three websites: www.fee.org, www.chches org, and www.freespeaker.org.

FEE is a non-political, non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, supported solely by private contributions.

For further information and a sample copy of Ideas on Liberty, please contact: Foundation for Economic Education, 30 South Broadway, lrvington-on-Hudson, New York 10533. Telephone (914) 591–7230; fax (914) 591–8910: e-mail: fee@fee.org.

Additional Books by Frédéric Bastiat

The Law

Ideas on Liberty columnist Russell Roberts calls The Law “phenomenal! An amazing and timeless treatment of the cost of using government to solve problems.” This slim volume is a classic — elegant and enduring, with the power to change the way people view the political process.

Economic Harmonies

Originally published in 1850, just before Bastiat's death, Harmonies is a natural complement to Economic Sophisms. Bastiat uncovers the great truth that lies at the heart of society, namely that the interests of all people are fundamentally compatible, that there is and can be no antagonism between the welfare of one and the welfare of all, and that all people can live in peace and harmony provided there is a free and open market for goods and services.

Economic Sophisms

Although written 150 years ago, Bastiat's devastatingly accurate attacks of the illogical self-serving arguments of protectionists remain both relevant and entertaining. Among the gems in Sophisms are “The Negative Railroad,” “Petition of the Candlemakers,” and “The Physiology of Plunder.”

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