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