Titles by Frédéric Bastiat

1801 – 1850

Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) was one of the leading advocates of free markets and free trade in the mid-19th century. He was inspired by the activities of Richard Cobden and the organization of the Anti-Corn Law League in Britain in the 1840s and tried to mimic their success in France.

Bio

Bastiat was an elected member of various French political bodies and opposed both protection and the rise of socialist ideas in these forums. His writings for a broader audience were very popular and were quickly translated and republished in the U.S. and throughout Europe. His incomplete magnum opus, Economic Harmonies, is full of insights into the operation of the market and is still of great interest to economists. He died at a young age from cancer of the throat.

See also our collection of extracts, essays, and other resources about Bastiat.

See the Liberty Matters online discussions on Bastiat and Political Economy and Reassessing Bastiat’s Economic Harmonies After 160 Years

For additional information about Frédéric Bastiat see the following: * in the Forum: Essays on Bastiat * at our sister website Econlib: the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics entry on Bastiat

For tables of contents of Bastiat’s Works:

See the Timeline of the Life and Work of Frédéric Bastiat:

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Titles

Armonias Economicas

Frédéric Bastiat

The Best of Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat

The Best of Bastiat 1.1: A Life in Letters

Frédéric Bastiat

The Best of Bastiat 1.2: Bastiat the Revolutionary Part 1

Frédéric Bastiat

The Best of Bastiat1.3: Bastiat the Revolutionary Part 2

Frédéric Bastiat

The Best of Bastiat 2.1: The State

Frédéric Bastiat

The Best of Bastiat 2.2: Property Plunder

Frédéric Bastiat

The Best of Bastiat 2.3: The Law

Frédéric Bastiat

The Best of Bastiat 3.1: Petition of the Manufacturers of Candles

Frédéric Bastiat

The Best of Bastiat 3.2: The Broken Window

Frédéric Bastiat

The Best of Bastiat 3.3: The Utopian

Frédéric Bastiat

The Collected Works of Frédéric Bastiat, in 6 Vols.

Frédéric Bastiat

The Collected Works of Frédéric Bastiat. Vol. 1: The Man and the Statesman: The Correspondence and Articles on Politics

Frédéric Bastiat

The Collected Works of Frédéric Bastiat. Vol. 2: The Law, The State, and Other Political Writings, 1843-1850

Frédéric Bastiat

The Collected Works of Frédéric Bastiat. Vol. 3: Economic Sophisms and “What is Seen and What is Not Seen”

Frédéric Bastiat

Economic Harmonies (FEE ed.)

Frédéric Bastiat

Economic Sophisms (FEE ed.)

Frédéric Bastiat

The Law (FEE ed.)

Frédéric Bastiat

The Law (revised LF ed.)

Frédéric Bastiat

Lettres d’un habitant des Landes

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 1st ed. 6 vols.

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 1st ed. vol 1 Correspondance. Mélanges

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 1st ed. vol. 2 Le libre-échange

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 1st ed. vol. 3 Cobden et la ligue

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 1st ed. vol. 4 Sophismes économiques. Petits pamphlets I

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 1st ed. vol. 5 Sophismes économiques. Petits pamphlets II

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 1st ed. vol. 6 Harmonies économiques

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 2nd ed. 7 vols.

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 2nd ed. vol. 1 Correspondance et mélanges

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 2nd ed. vol. 2 le Libre-Échange

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 2nd ed. vol. 3 Cobden et La Ligue

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 2nd ed. vol. 4 Sophismes Économiques. Petits pamphlets I

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 2nd ed. vol. 5: Sophismes économiques. Petits pamphlets II

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 2nd ed. vol. 6: Harmonies économiques

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 2nd ed. vol. 7 Essais, Ébauches, Correspondance

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 3rd ed. 7 vols

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 3rd ed. vol. 4 Sophismes économiques et Petits pamphlets I

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 3rd ed. vol. 5 Sophismes économiques et Petits pamphlets II

Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 3rd ed. vol. 6 Harmonies économiques

Frédéric Bastiat

Selected Essays on Political Economy (FEE ed.)

Frédéric Bastiat

The State (revised LF ed.)

Frédéric Bastiat

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