The Economic, Legal and Ethical Philosophy of Frédéric Bastiat

Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) was an economist and journalist. A member of the French Liberal School, he is best known for his free trade ideas and his philosophy of law. Mark Blaug ranks him as one of the 100 greatest economists before Keynes. Schumpeter called him a brilliant economic journalist. Haney devoted a chapter of his History of Economic Thought to Bastiat.Although Bastiat is known for his work on free trade and the philosophy of law, he also wrote on other topics. To date, only one scholar has examined his views on ethics and that study discussed only two of Bastiat's essays and was less than five full pages. The purpose of this paper is to expand on that study. A bibliography with links to other Bastiat studies is also included