Frederic Bastiat The Law free pdf

[po boy]

While listening to an interview with Paul he recommended Bastiat's The Law as a must read so I though I'd pass it along.

http://mises.org/books/thelaw.pdf

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

Good thread, for those who prefer audio books, download here: http://media.mises.org/mp3/audiobooks/TheLaw_Bastiat.mp3

Let's all read/listen and then discuss. Ron Paul said this was essential knowledge.

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

Is there any need to offer proof that this odious perversion of the law is a perpetual source of hatred and discord; that it tends to destroy society itself? If such proof is needed, look at the United States [in 1850]. There is no country in the world where the law is kept more within its proper domain: the protection of every person's liberty and property. As a consequence of this, there appears to be no country in the world where the social order rests on a firmer foundation.

Then he goes on to ague against slavery and tariffs (in his opinion, our only error), but the whole book shows how this perversion of law is the reason everything falls apart!

[iOWNme]

I posted about this over a year ago, but still worth bringing up again:

http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?34822-The-Law&highlight=bastiat



You can also get an audio book done by G. Edward Griffin:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikgwLu_qVjI

[Twisted Titan]

tag....

[po boy]

In regards to how the law as we are lead to believe it works compared to how it does stem from regulations through citizenship.

To shed some awareness on this I'll ad another recommendation to this thread and I know it has been posted before by Mick Silver and myself.

George Mercier's "Invisible Contracts"
http://www.constitution.org/mercier/incon.htm

Larry Beecraft had a bone to pick with "Invisible Contracts (http://home.hiwaay.net/~becraft/InvisibleContracts.html)" so that is for you to look into as well if you like.

Please add to these as you wish and thanks for the audios.

[Golden]

Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) dedicated himself completely to his two great passions: liberty and economics. He worked tirelessly, even to his last breath, to persuade anyone who would listen that the two ideas are inseparable.

Bastiat's work has often been appreciated for its undeniable rhetorical power. He wrote to be understood-and to change the world.

But neither can the reader overlook its theoretical rigor. It is some of the best economics ever written. Even today, Bastiat's work is the antidote for economic illiteracy. Everyone from the novice to the professional economist will benefit from reading it.

-From The Bastiat Collection