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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778818603321

Autore

Leroux Robert <1964-, >

Titolo

Political economy and liberalism in France : the contributions of Frederic Bastiat / / Robert Leroux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-79513-8

1-283-43519-5

9786613435194

0-203-82658-2

1-136-79514-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 126

Disciplina

330.15/3092

B

Soggetti

Economics - France - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The context of a life's work -- Bastiat through his correspondence -- Bastiat and England -- Salvation through science -- History and progress -- Issues and debates -- Freedom and its foes -- Social and economic harmonies.

Sommario/riassunto

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. Bastiat put forth one of the most ambitious interpretations of the liberalism of his time,