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Frédéric Bastiat

Also known as Claude Frédéric Bastiat, Frederic Bastiat

French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly (1801-1850)

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Frédéric Bastiat was a 19th-century French economist and politician who advocated for free-market principles and opposed government protectionism. His writings and work in the French assembly helped shape classical liberal economic thought, influencing debates about trade, taxation, and the proper role of government that continue to affect policy discussions today.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 29 June 1801
Died: 24 December 1850.
Works: 172

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Popular fallacies regarding trade and foreign duties
Fallacies of protection
Essays on political economy
L'état ; Maudit argent
Die Volkswirthschaftslehre für Jedermann und Sechs volkswirtschaftliche Trugschlüsse des Herrn Bastiat

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Spain
Active from: 1893-04-16
Active to: 1987-06-30

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Discography

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Listeners: 61
Total plays: 220

Claude Frédéric Bastiat (French: klod fʁedeʁik bastja; 30 June 1801 – 24 December 1850) was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly. He was notable for developing the important economic concept of opportunity cost, and for penning the influential Parable of the Broken Window. His ideas have gone on to provide a foundational basis for Libertarian and the Austrian schools of thought. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric+Bastiat">

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Quotes

“L'État c'est la grande fiction à travers laquelle tout le monde s'efforce de vivre aux dépens de tout le monde.”
“By virtue of exchange, one man's prosperity is beneficial to all others.”
“The profit of the one is the profit of the other.”
“Competition is merely the absence of oppression.”
“Either fraternity is spontaneous, or it does not exist. To decree it is to annihilate it. The law can indeed force men to remain just; in vain would it try to force them to be self-sacrificing.”
“If socialists mean that under extraordinary circumstances, for urgent cases, the State should set aside some resources to assist certain unfortunate people, to help them adjust to changing conditions, we will, of course, agree. This is done now; we desire that it be done better. There is however, a point on this road that must not be passed; it is the point where governmental foresight would step in to replace individual foresight and thus destroy it.”

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Commons category: Frédéric Bastiat
date of birth: 1801-01-01
date of death: 1850-01-01
Commons gallery: Frédéric Bastiat
Commons Creator page: Frédéric Bastiat
birth name: Claude Frédéric Bastiat
name in native language: Frédéric Bastiat

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Frédéric Bastiat, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Harmonies économiques

Cobden and the League or The English Agitation for Freedom of Commerce

Baccalauréat et Socialisme

Oeuvres complètes : mises en ordre revues et annot. d'après les manuscripts de l'auteur, 6. Harmonies économiques

Frederic Bastiat's ausgewählte volkswirthschaftliche und politische Schriften, Zweiter Theil

Sophismes économiques

Frederic Bastiat's ausgewählte volkswirthschaftliche und politische Schriften, Erster Theil

Harmonies économiques

Ce qu'on voit et ce qu'on ne voit pas : ou l'économie politique en une leçon

Harmonies économiques

Oeuvres choisies de Frédéric Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes. mises en ordre, revues et annotées d'après les manuscrits de l'auteur. Frédéric Bastiat. 5 : Sophismes économiques, [2]. Petits pamphlets II

Harmonies économiques

Die Trugschlüsse der Schutzzöllner gegenüber der gesunden Handels-Politik. von M. Friedr. Bastiat

Friedrich Bastiat. eine Auswahl aus seinen Werken. hrsg. von Karl Braun

Oeuvres complètes. mises en ordre, revues et annotées d'après les manuscrits de l'auteur. Frédéric Bastiat. 4 : Sophismes économiques, [1]. Petits pamphlets

Volkswirthschaftliche Harmonien

Oeuvres complètes : mises en ordre revues et annot. d'après les manuscripts de l'auteur, 5. Sophismes économiques ; petits pamphlets ; 2

Die beiden Beile : Bittschrift des Zimmermanns Jakob an den Handels-Minister Hrn. Cunin-Gridaine

Oeuvres complètes : mises en ordre revues et annot. d'après les manuscripts de l'auteur, 4. Sophismes économiques ; petits pamphlets ; 1

Cobden et la ligue ou l'agitation Anglaise pour la liberté du commerce

Oeuvres complètes : mises en ordre, revues et annotées d'après les manuscrits de l'auteur, 6. Harmonies économiques

Propriété et spoliation

Oeuvres complètes : mises en ordre revues et annot. d'après les manuscripts de l'auteur, 7. Essais, ébauches, correspondance

Oeuvres complètes : mises en ordre revues et annot. d'après les manuscripts de l'auteur, 2. Le libre-échange

La loi

Mélanges d'économie politique, 1

Baccalauréat et Socialisme

Der Steuer-Empfänger

Zollschutz und Communismus : Nach dem Französischen des Bastiat

Oeuvres complètes : mises en ordre revues et annot. d'après les manuscripts de l'auteur, 3. Cobden et la ligue ou l'agitation anglaise pour la liberté des échanges

Intérêt et principal : discussion entre M. Proudhon et M. Bastiat sur l'intérêt des capitaux

Spoliation et loi

Oeuvres complètes : mises en ordre revues et annot. d'après les manuscripts de l'auteur, 1. Correspondance

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Encyclopedic overview

Claude-Frédéric Bastiat (/bɑːstiˈɑː/; French: [klod fʁedeʁik bastja]; 30 June 1801 – 24 December 1850) was a French economist, writer, and prominent member of the French liberal school.

A member of the French National Assembly, Bastiat developed the economic concept of opportunity cost and introduced the parable of the broken window. He was described as "the most brilliant economic journalist who ever lived" by economic theorist Joseph Schumpeter.

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