Comments on: Monsieur Bastiat, Call Your Office

By: » Bastiat’s Weekend in Poland | Network News

» Bastiat’s Weekend in Poland | Network News — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:33:07 +0000

[...] Last week I mentioned that I traveled to Warsaw, Poland, to participate in the Liberty Weekend Devoted to the Life and Legacy of Frédéric Bastiat. I can report now that the conference, sponsored by PAFERE, the Polish-American Foundation for Economic Research and Education, was a smashing success. Poland has a solid core of freedom-philosophy advocates, and when that country eventually becomes truly free in all respects, that group of scholar-activists will be a big part of the explanation. [...]

By: Our Battle Cry, “We Shall Not Be Experimented Upon!” | Austrian Economics Blog

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:11:53 +0000

[...] The Goal Is Freedom: Monsieur Bastiat, Call Your Office By Sheldon Richman Published: 18 September 2009 on FEE’s Website [...]

By: Bryan Morton

Bryan Morton — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:36:07 +0000

Whenever someone asks me to recommend libertarian books, “The Law” is always my first response. Of all the books I’ve read on liberty and economics, “The Law” had the most profound impact. Ken Schoolland’s “The Adventures of Johnathan Gullible” is a good one for beginners.

By: Our Battle Cry, “We Shall Not Be Experimented Upon!” | For Freedom's Sake

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:25:31 +0000

[...] The Goal Is Freedom: Monsieur Bastiat, Call Your Office By Sheldon Richman Published: 18 September 2009 on FEE’s Website [...]

By: Dr. Steve

Dr. Steve — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:50:22 +0000

Would it not be great if ‘The Law’ were in every class room? Of course that would presume the teacher could understand it and not be dismissive of Bastiat.
The notion of social experiment is close to my home in Indiana. In the 1820’s New Harmony was the great utopian trial. The bloodless French Revolution here in the USA. It totally failed in a mere four years. Of course it is still taught as a grand attempt at perfection and mush head progressive type still make a pilgramage there.
As to whether Obama is a socialist or fascist I would not be so quick to dismiss the possibility. Wilson, FDR, and many in their administrations were very sympathetic to those forms of government and social order. There was a mutual admiration society both ways across the Atlantic. I do not care to speculate on what Pres. Obama would do with no restraints. Their “intervention” will not succeed in improving our nation. That will either lead to a reversal or ever more “intervention”. At what point is it then the “f” word or “s” word?

By: RICH

RICH — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:10:43 +0000

So good !!! Thank you. Yes we need Bastiat, and we need Sheldon Richman today!

By: Robert Gale

Robert Gale — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:11:32 +0000

What a wonderful coincidence. I’ve been busy reading about the Fed Reserve trying to grasp the signicance of present events. This morning I climbed on my ladder to retieve ‘The Law’ to renew my aversion to socialism.
Now I have your thoughts to help me digest this great litle book again. I think I bought it in the 70’s. It belongs next to Hazlitts “Economics in One Lesson”.

By: Don Capone

Don Capone — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:45:19 +0000

“a sea of change” … doesn’t look too promising but very accurate.