Format:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415580557
,
9780203826584
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in the History of Economics Series
Content:
The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the work of Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850), one of the towering intellectual figures of nineteenth century France. More than anyone else of his time, Bastiat personified the struggle of liberalism and science against socialism and utopia. Between 1844 in 1850, his campaign for the idea of liberty and his commitment to the discipline of political economy made him one of the most vigorous champions of economic liberalism in France
Note:
Intro -- Political Economy and Liberalism in France The contributions of Frédéric Bastiat -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 The context of a life's work -- The broad lines of Bastiat's work and thought -- A unique style -- Bastiat: scientist or pamphleteer? -- 2 Bastiat through his correspondence -- Proclaiming a doctrine -- Dialogue with Cobden -- 3 Bastiat and England -- Cross-channel perspectives -- Bastiat on Malthus -- Bastiat on Smith -- 4 Salvation through science -- The scientific nature of political economy -- The science of "Jacques Bonhomme" -- The question of mechanization -- The rational voter -- 5 History and progress -- Is there meaning to history? -- Why do we have revolutions? -- The critique of antiquity -- The nature of individualism -- 6 Issues and debates -- The question of free trade -- The power of the press -- The poverty of socialism -- Bastiat versus Proudhon -- 7 Freedom and its foes -- The cult of the State -- The law, or legalized plunder -- 8 Social and economic harmonies -- Optimism and harmony -- Labour, exchange, solidarity -- Competition as the foundation of liberty -- Conclusion: Bastiat's intellectual legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Subject index
Additional Edition:
Print version Leroux, Robert Political Economy and Liberalism in France Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2011 ISBN 9780415580557
Language:
English
Keywords:
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