Selected Essays on Political Economy

DECEMBER 01, 2008 by MIKE VAN WINKLE, FREDERIC BASTIAT

Thirteen masterpieces of eloquent argumentation, still relevant to the issues of our own day: communism, labor unionism, protectionism, government subsidies for the arts, colonialism, the welfare state, the right to employment, and the unseen consequences of government interference with free exchange. With an introduction by F.A. Hayek.

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