The Bastiat Collection | Mark Thornton

[RogueCapital]

Bastiat was a voluntaryist!

"I do not dispute their right to invent social combinations, to advertise them, to advocate them, and to try them upon themselves, at their own expense and risk. But I do dispute their right to impose these plans upon us by law—by force—and to compel us to pay for them with our taxes". -The Law

[Vegemighty]

Libertarians love bowties

[palikariatl]

Following on the French comment, this collection BADLY needs to be translated into MODERN GREEK for the people of Greece! Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" also needs to be translated into Modern Greek.

Ζήτω η Ελλάς!

[palikariatl]

This collection is also available in the Kindle Store at Amazon.com! I had an excellent "comparative government" class when in high school many years ago. The one thing lacking was reading Bastiat!

[Sjukurkottur]

Is this compilation aivalable in French? Bastiat needs to be reintroduced to the French, and other french speaking people´s like half of Africa.

[coliwood]

I am 30. Growing up as a kid, sick from the FLU, laying in bed. Back then I didn't have cable, and my parents gave me the "BAD" tv. The one you had tune with a knob. and use a piece of folded paper so that the ONE channel you could get, PBS, came in clear.This is the show that would come on after Sesame Street and Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood went off.

[falseangelwingx]

Jeffrey I just wanted to say you are a very handsome

- a gay libertarian

[greenghost2008]

How do u get a voice like jeff tucker? he represents a style i dont get to see much.

[TheConstitutionMan]

Wow, this is fantastic, I will be ordering my copy tonight!

[1988MUZ]

where do you get them form?

[1988MUZ]

FOUND THEM

[dstevens101]

"Bastiat's mysteriously missing monetary theories."?!?

Yeah, right. It being burned has nothing do to with the banksters.

[RationalDischarge]

I just got this collection today, and I CAN'T WAIT to start reading!

First observation;  I'm absolutely in love with the binding, and so glad that the graphics are right on the cover rather than on a dust jacket (I never use 'em and usually they just get lost anyway).

[Praxeology64]

I'll get the book as soon as I can.

[senselessbattery]

What was that music at either end?

[misesmedia]

The music used in the introduction and credits is excerpted from Beethoven's String Quartet, Opus 130, Movement 2.

[senselessbattery]

Thank you.

[Toxiferin]

wow, what a great contribution. i have even found a book by röpke.

[Elysium0001]

I hope I can get an answer to my question. Does the collection contain "The Law", because on Amazon it doesn't mentioned that it is included.

[Toxiferin]

Yes, they have even mentioned it in the video but you can download the pdf for free version and check it out before buying.

[PleaseNoPolitics]

If "The Law" ain't in the collection, it ain't Bastiat!

[oxfile]

Bastiat is freaking great!

[Harpakhrad11]

I got the Collection for X-mas. Look forward to reading them.

[FB1801]

Thornton is a real scholar. I really appreciate his work.

[quark97]

This only goes to show us that most modern history and modern economics sold to the unwashed masses by the secret ruling blood lines is pure Horse Hockey. See how deep the rabbit hole goes. You better do your home work, almost everything we think we know is a Big lie. Look into Edward Bernays sheeple

[iraqijew]

I did better than download both PDFs; I bought the collection in hardcover!

[thorsmitersaw]

nothing beats the warm pages in your hands :-)

[iraqijew]

Or the smell of a new book.

[weepingprophet]

I've downloaded both PDF's.

Thank you Mises Institute!

J.M.

[cool70200]

thanks for the video, very nice to see some insights of a economic genius

[vachop]

If one understands the ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment and the resulting Industrial Revolution as consequence of implementing their ideas (induction, discovery, application) , one can easily understand why Bastiat was first translated by the Scots. Bastiat is not as profound as Carl Menger or J.B. Say but he is by far the best and principled economic writer to date.

[Mbowster]

Required reading in Prof. Reisman's economics course was Bastiats 'Economic Sophisms'. 'The Law' was recommended reading, and was quoted and discussed also.

Excellent discussion... I'm going to get these books.

[rfleblog]

"Our best economist ever"

I agree with that and I am so glad too that other people loves him too :-)

[j4ck2234]

great, ty

[terbocongress]

My new video, 'Neocons are Socialists' is based on conclusions I made from reading Bastiat's 'The Law' for the first time this past month. Bastiat's 19th Century pre-Leninist definition of Socialism sounds incredibly like today's Neocons. I'll have to seek out this new edition of his works...

[SimonAubert]

Great to see the attention you give to our best economist ever.

[vonPeterhof]

Bastiat is now definitely on my reading list, he sounds fine!

BTW, mr Tucker, thank you for the great article about the Grameen bank, that was very illuminating indeed.

[brainpolice2]

Bastiat was awesome.

[AmexLibertarian]

Thanks Jeff.

Bastiat is great.

[sLeepPastNooN]

Thank you Mises! I had never heard of Bastiat before yesterday when I found the pdf's. Instead of wasting my time with computer science, I should have been studying Austrian Economics.

[Elhan2005]

Great work!