The Law - Couverture souple

Bastiat, Frederic

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440446458 ISBN 13 : 9781440446450

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Bastiat Frederic

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In The Law, Bastiat states that "each of us has a natural right - from God - to defend his person, his liberty, and his property". The State is a "substitution of a common force for individual forces" to defend this right. The law becomes perverted when it punishes one's right to self-defense in favor of another's acquired right to plunder.

Bastiat defines two forms of plunder: "stupid greed and false philanthropy". Stupid greed is "protective tariffs, subsidies, guaranteed profits" and false philanthropy is "guaranteed jobs, relief and welfare schemes, public education, progressive taxation, free credit, and public works". Monopolism and Socialism are legalized plunder which Bastiat emphasizes is legal but not legitimate.

Biographie de l'auteur

Claude Frédéric Bastiat (June 30, 1801 – December 24, 1850) was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly. He is buried at San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1440446458
• ISBN 13: 9781440446450
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 82