The Bastiat Collection | Mark Thornton

In this thirty-minute interview, Dr. Mark Thornton, the compiler and general editor of "The Bastiat Collection," explains Bastiat's significance, and tells the fascinating story of how this definitive collection came to be. He further explains its significance for the future of liberty.

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[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.

[iraqijew]

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

[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.

[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]

FOUND THEM