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The Law
Written by Frederick Bastiat
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Here, in this 1850 classic, a powerful refutation of Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto, published two years earlier, Bastiat discusses: what is law?, why socialism constitutes legal plunder, the proper function of the law, the law and morality, "the vicious circle of socialism", and the basis for stable government. French political libertarian and economist CLAUDE FRÉDÉRIC BASTIAT (1801-1850) was one of the most eloquent champions of the concept that property rights and individual freedoms flowed from natural law.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Every American should have some exposure to Bastiat since his writing is as relevant today as in the 19th century.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Totally describes today's "Social Democracies" Basiat is as contemporaneous now as he was in 1801
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