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Taxation and the philosophy of Frédéric Bastiat

Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: 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, almost no one has examined his views on taxation. The purpose of this paper is to fill that gap in the literature.
Author: Robert McGee
Language: English
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405927864
FWCI: 1.624
Cites: 37
Cited by: 1
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