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The Economics Of Freedom
| Pengarang | : FRÉDÉRIC BASTIAT |
| ISBN | : 87623456123458967 |
| Tahun Terbit | : 2007 |
| Kategori | : |
| Rak | : A01 [Sosial] |
| Penerbit | : Rows Collection |
| Jumlah Buku | : 1 |
| Sinopsis | : Even those who may question the eminence of Frédéric Bastiat as an economic theorist will grant that he was a publicist of genius. Joseph Schumpeter calls him “the most brilliant economic journalist who ever lived.” For the purpose of introducing the present volume, which contains some of the most successful of his writings for the general public, we might well leave it at that. One might even grant Schumpeter’s harsh assessment of Bastiat that “he was not a theorist” without seriously diminishing his stature. It is true that when, at the end of his extremely short career as a writer, he attempted to provide a theoretical justifi cation for his general conceptions, he did not satisfy the professionals. It would indeed have been a miracle if a man who, aft er only fi ve years as a regular writer on public aff airs, attempted in a few months, and with a mortal illness rapidly closing in on him, to defend the points on which he diff ered from established doctrine, had fully succeeded in this too. Yet one may ask whether it was not only his early death at the age of forty-nine that prevented him. His polemical writings, which in consequence are the most important ones he has left , certainly prove that he had an insight into what was signifi cant and a gift for going to the heart of the matter that would have provided him with ample material for real contributions to science. |
The Economics Of Freedom