Books The Egalitarian Principle: Writings on Socialism by Frédéric Bastiat (Author), Kirk Watson (Translator)

Frédéric Bastiat (1801-50), a writer, economist, statesman, and businessman, has been called "a shallow apologist of vulgar economics" by Marx and "a publicist of genius" by Hayek. He condemned both protectionism and socialism as two forms of legalized plunder, two ways in which a segment of society wields state violence to help itself at the expense of all. He argued strongly against the business interests that sought public encouragement and protection, and he confronted the first generation of socialists to enter the French government. He insisted that the "regime of property": i.e., freely exchanged services, capital growth, economic and technological development, is the only route to generalized happiness. The egalitarian and democratic tendencies of property and competition are the best guarantees of social progress and flourishing.This book contains these 7 books and articles by Bastiat, all in new translations:-The Law-The State-Individualism and Fraternity-Plunder and Law-Property and Plunder (In Six Parts)-The Social Motor (from 'Economic Harmonies')-Equalizing the Conditions of Production (from 'Economic Sophisms')

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