Bastiat's "Economic Harmonies": An Overlooked Libertarian Classic?
David M. Hart (Liberty Fund) discusses the unfinished treatise of the libertarian economist Frédéric Bastiat. A free talk sponsored by the Political Economy Project.
Frederic Bastiat (1801-50) has been described (by Schumpeter) as "the most brilliant economic journalist who ever lived." He is also one of the least known. In this PEP-sponsored talk, the life-long student of classical liberalism, David M. Hart, discusses his forthcoming edition of Bastiat's most ambitious work, the Economic Harmonies. The event is free and open to the public. Tuesday, January 7, at 5:00 pm in Rocky 1.
