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Title: Essays on Political Economy

Author: Frederic Bastiat

Release Date: May 31, 2005 [EBook #15962]

Language: English

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Essays on Political Economy.

By the late M. Frederic Bastiat,
Member of The Institute of France.

New York:
G. P. Putnams & Sons,
Fourth Avenue, and Twenty-Third Street.
1874.

London:
Printed for Provost and Co.,
Henrietta Street, W. C.

Contents.

Capital and Interest.
Introduction 1
Capital and Interest 5
The Sack of Corn 19
The House 22
The Plane 24

That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen.
Introduction 49
The Broken Window 50
The Disbanding of Troops 54
Taxes 58
Theatres, Fine Arts 63
Public Works 71
The Intermediates 74
Restrictions 83
Machinery 90
Credit 97
Algeria 102
Frugality and Luxury 107
Work and Profit 116

Government 119

What Is Money? 136

The Law