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Frédéric Bastiat

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Frédéric Bastiat
Émile Desmaisons. Lithograph by Auguste-Hilaire Léveillé. / Public domain · resizedfile
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Bastiat's essays are where many libertarians start, because they argue with jokes. The "candlemakers' petition" asks parliament to block out the sun to protect lighting firms, and "What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen" warns that every subsidy has invisible victims. The Law (1850) defines legitimate law as collective self-defence and anything more as "legal plunder", a test critics say leaves no room for public goods.
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