Bastiat’s Works

Material about Bastiat’s Collected Works go here.

Drafts of the LF Translation

As they become available we will put drafts of the Liberty Fund’s translation of the Collected Works of Bastiat here as a temporary measure.

French Government Budgets 1848-49

The French Government's Budgets for Fiscal Years 1848 and 1849

[Revised: 28 June, 2017]

Table of Contents

Introduction Overview of the Growth of the French State in the 19th Century Bibliography Pie Charts summarizing the Data

List of Bastiat’s works in chronological order

Bastiat's Letters, Articles, and Books Listed in Chronological Order

[Updated: April 11, 2016 of a work in progress]

1819-39 | 1840-44 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | Posthumous

Summary of the Bastiat Project

[Updated: July 17, 2019]

Claude Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850)

See also our companion project, the Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) Project page.

Places to Begin

Good places to begin exploring Bastiat’s ideas:

Works in the OLL by…

The Works of Bastiat 3: The Paris Writings II 1848-1850

Part 3: The “Paris” Writings II: Bastiat the Politician, Anti-Socialist, and Economist (Feb. 1848 - Dec. 1850)

[Updated: 30 March, 2018 - a "work in progress"]

New: a revised translation of The Law.

Note: We have added final draft…

The Works of Bastiat in Chronological Order 1: the Early Writings 1819-1844

Part 1. Early Writings: The Bayonne and Mugron Years, 1819–1844

[Updated: 22 June, 2017 of a "work in progress"]

Note: We have added final drfat versions of material which will appear in the Collected Works, vol.3 "Economic Sophisms…

The Works of Bastiat in Chronological Order 2: The Paris Writings I 1844-1848

Part 2: The “Paris” Writings I: Bastiat and the Free Trade Movement (Nov. 1844 - Feb. 1848)

[Updated: 22 June, 2017 of a "work in progress"]

Note: We have added final draft versions of material which will appear in the Collected…

The Works of Bastiat in Chronological Order 4: The Unfinished Treatises

Part 4: The Unfinished Treatises: The Social and Economic Harmonies and The History of Plunder (1850–51)

[Updated: 22 June, 2017 of a "work in progress"]

Note: for Parts 1-3 we have added final draft versions of material which will…

ToC of Guillaumin edition of Bastiat’s Works (French)

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE GUILLAUMIN EDITION OF THE OEUVRES COMPLÈTES DE FRÉDÉRIC BASTIAT (1862-1864).
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Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) Sschool of Thought: 19thC French Classical Liberalism

LIBERTY FUND'S…
ToC of Liberty Fund’s edition of Bastiat’s Works (English)

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTED WORKS OF FRÉDÉRIC BASTIAT (LF EDITION WITH ENGLISH TITLES).
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Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) School of Thought: 19thC French Classical Liberalism

VOLUMES OF THE COLLECTED…
ToC of Liberty Fund’s edition of Bastiat’s Works (French)

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTED WORKS OF FRÉDÉRIC BASTIAT (LF EDITION WITH FRENCH TITLES).
Related Links:

Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) School of Thought: 19thC French Classical Liberalism

VOLUMES OF THE COLLECTED…