The Economics of Freedom: What Your Professors Won’t Tell You, Selected Works of Frederic Bastiat (Students For Liberty Library)
September 26, 2011 
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An EXCELLENT introduction to Bastiat’s economic thought!,
Bastiat is arguably the most witty, lucid and engaging economists to have ever lived. Not only is his thought insightful and universally relevant, he is a joy to read. I’m very glad this edition has been published. Not only does it provide Bastiat’s most powerful essays that effortlessly debunk so many harmful economic fallacies; such as the notion that destruction can stimulate the economy or that technology leads to higher unemployment, it does so in a really accessible collection. This edition is concluded with some of Tom G. Palmer’s essays on Markets that compliment Bastiat’s work perfectly. Were I to recommend a primer on economics to any college-aged student – this book would be it.
Contents:
Introduction
Foreword (by F.A. Hayek)
What is Seen and What is Not Seen (Frederic Bastiat)
1. The Broken Window
2. The Demobilization
3. Taxes
4. Theatres and Fine Arts
5. Public Works
6. Middlemen
7. Restraint of Trade
8. Machines
9. Credit
10. Algeria
11. Thrift and Luxury
12. The Right to Employment and the Right to Profit
A Petition (Frederic Bastiat)
A Negative Railroad (Frederic Bastiat)
The Balance of Trade (Frederic Bastiat)
Twenty Myths about Markets (Tom G. Palmer)
1. Ethical Criticisms
2. Economic Criticisms
3. Hybrid Ethical/Economic Criticisms
4. Overly Enthusiastic Defenses
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