Selected Essays on Political Economy (FEE ed.)
- Frédéric Bastiat (author)
- Friedrich August von Hayek (introduction)
- George B. de Huszar (editor)
- Seymour Cain (translator)
The Foundation for Economic Education translated some of Bastiat’s most famous pamphlets, written as part of his opposition to the growth of socialism in France in the 1840s. The volume contains “What is Seen and What is Not Seen”, “The Law”, and “The State”.
Key Quotes
The State
As, on the one hand, it is certain that we all address some such request to the state, and, on the other hand, it is a well-established fact that the state cannot procure satisfaction for some without adding to the labor of others, while awaiting another definition of the state, I believe myself…