French political libertarian and economist CLAUDE FR D RIC Bastiat (1801-1850) was one of the most eloquent champions of the concept that property rights and individual freedoms flowed from natural law. and more.. the basis for stable government . "the vicious circle of socialism" . the law and morality . the proper function of the law . why socialism constitutes legal plunder . what is law? .
Here, in this 1850 classic, a powerful refutation of Karl Marx\'s Communist Manifesto, published two years earlier, Bastiat discusses: .
French political libertarian and economist CLAUDE FR D RIC Bastiat (1801-1850) was one of the most eloquent champions of the concept that property rights and individual freedoms flowed from natural law