the history of economic thought. According to Baldini, Bastiat has been insuperable as a brilliant polemist. Yet his own … theoretical contribution was modest. The great merit of Bastiat was undoubtedly to have praised the natural vocation of economics … le plan historique l’influence qu’a eue la pensée de Bastiat sur ses contemporains ainsi que le rôle qu’il a eu …

Bastiat belonged to the optimist French tradition of liberal economic thought. Following Jean-Baptiste Say, he argued … simply earned a return for his investment. Although he was no great theorist, Bastiat demonstrated with relentless informal … logic the social value of freedom. This is best exemplified in his demonstration of the virtues of free trade. Bastiat …

Social Catholic criticisms of Frédéric Bastiat’s thinking, notably Charles Périn’s, clarify the link between the labour … theory of value and the demands for social justice. Claiming that Bastiat’s theory of value rests on a sophism, Périn rejects … his view that competition is the solution to the social question. Contrary to Bastiat, indeed, he accepts the labor theory …

The paper suggests that Bastiat’s theory of interests, harmony, and the State is rooted in a particular conception of … Natural Right, in which the Lockeans and thomistic streams of thought meet. But it also suggests that Bastiat’s interpretation … also considers the criticisms to Bastiat’s economic and political theory coming from exponents of classical liberalism …

Bastiat claims that the individual rights to life, liberty, and property are natural rights. Further, he claims that … principles—it is argued that Bastiat’s core insight is correct. Individual rights are the proper political expression of a … natural law approach to ethics. They determine the ultimate purpose of human law.Bastiat affirme que les droits individuels à …

“utopia”.To all those people, both of his era and ours, Frédéric Bastiat wrote one of the most persuasive and clearest … discussions on the nature and the ends that the law must pursue. In his book The Law Bastiat shows how and why pursuing ends other … ceux de son époque et ceux de la nôtre, Frédéric Bastiat adressa une des discussions les plus convaincantes et les plus …

Frédéric Bastiat is often regarded as a brilliant journalist with no academic skills. This degrading appraisal is … discussed and the article demonstrates that Bastiat was a praxeologist ahead of this time. Opposed to the use of the realm of … individual interactions (catallactics); in a limited time Bastiat has been able to draw conclusions and anticipate situations of …

The bulk of Bastiat’s scientific work is contained in Economic Harmonies, a work generally overlooked or underestimated …. Thsi paper would contribute to its comprehensive rehabilitation by re-examining and reappraising Bastiat’s theory of value.Bastiat … of nature, and consists in providing services to others in return for services desired.Bastiat’s criticism of Smith and …

Bastiat is widely acknowledged as the most effective advocate of free markets, but his status as an economist is widely … theories of value and exchange have been attacked as a labor theory of value. Bastiat is exonerated here from these charges and …, Bastiat viewed economics as a science based on deductive reasoning and he vehemently opposed the use of mathematics. He thus …

Bastiat emphasized the institutional infrastructure of a market economy and the principle of spontaneous order. He … economic life.Bastiat met l’accent sur l’aménagement institutionnel de l’économie de marché et sur le principe de l …