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The Bastiat Collection by Frédéric Bastiat

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The complete text of The Bastiat Collection by Frédéric Bastiat is free to read here, split into 74 chapters totalling 339,158 words.

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Chapters

  1. Dedication52 words
  2. Introduction by Mark Thornton1,924 words
  3. I. THAT WHICH IS SEEN, AND THAT WHICH IS NOT SEEN117,564 words
  4. II. THE LAW116,086 words
  5. III. GOVERNMENT13,960 words
  6. IV. WHAT IS MONEY?19,348 words
  7. V. CAPITAL AND INTEREST 1. INTRODUCTION12,969 words
  8. INTRODUCTION1991 words
  9. 1. Abundance—Scarcity2,907 words
  10. 2. Obstacle—Cause1,210 words
  11. 3. Effort—Result2,692 words
  12. 4. To Equalize the Conditions of Production5,895 words
  13. 5. Our Products Are Burdened with Taxes2,113 words
  14. 6. Balance of Trade1,486 words
  15. 7. Petition of the Manufacturers of Candles, Waxlights, Lamps, Candlelights, Street Lamps, Snuffers, Extinguishers, and the Producers of Oil, Tallow, Resin, Alcohol, and, Generally, of Everything Connected with Lighting1,485 words
  16. 8. Differential Duties—Tariffs343 words
  17. 9. Immense Discovery1,048 words
  18. 10. Reciprocity974 words
  19. 11. Nominal Prices1,170 words
  20. 12. Does Protection Raise Wages?1,182 words
  21. 13. Theory—Practice2,025 words
  22. 14. Conflict of Principles1,137 words
  23. 15. Reciprocity Again614 words
  24. 16. Obstruction—The Plea of the Protectionist305 words
  25. 17. A Negative Railway300 words
  26. 18. There Are No Absolute Principles958 words
  27. 19. National Independence803 words
  28. 20. Human Labor—National Labor1,737 words
  29. 21. Raw Materials3,182 words
  30. 22. Metaphors1,250 words
  31. 23. Conclusion1,771 words
  32. 1. Natural History of Spoliation5,641 words
  33. 2. Two Systems of Morals2,272 words
  34. 3 THE TWO HATCHETS PETITION OF JACQUES BONHOMME, CARPENTER, TO MR. CUNINGRIDAINE, MINISTER OF COMMERCE1,131 words
  35. 4. Lower Council of Labor959 words
  36. 5. Dearness—Cheapness3,128 words
  37. 6. To Artisans and Workmen2,892 words
  38. 7. A Chinese Story1,353 words
  39. 8. Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc574 words
  40. 9. The Premium Theft—Robbery by Subsidy2,557 words
  41. 10. The Tax Gatherer1,764 words
  42. 11 PROTECTION; OR, THE THREE CITY ALDERMEN DEMONSTRATION IN FOUR TABLEAUX3,564 words
  43. 12. Something Else2,638 words
  44. 13. The Little Arsenal of the Free-Trader1,834 words
  45. 14 THE RIGHT HAND AND THE LEFT REPORT ADDRESSED TO THE KING12,228 words
  46. 15. Domination by Labor1,934 words
  47. To the Youth of France5,845 words
  48. 1. Natural and Artificial Organization6,647 words
  49. 2. Wants, Efforts, Satisfactions4,963 words
  50. 3. Wants of Man9,152 words
  51. 4. Exchange13,538 words
  52. 5. Of Value20,900 words
  53. 6. Wealth6,501 words
  54. 7. Capital9,396 words
  55. 8. Property—Community13,294 words
  56. 9. Landed Property17,713 words
  57. 10. Competition12,517 words
  58. Concluding Observations2,381 words
  59. 11. Producer—Consumer6,333 words
  60. 12. The Two Aphorisms3,261 words
  61. 13. Rent1,708 words
  62. 14. Wages17,408 words
  63. 15. Saving1,558 words
  64. 16. Population11,637 words
  65. 17. Private and Public Services8,924 words
  66. 18. Disturbing Causes3,219 words
  67. 19. War4,159 words
  68. 20. Responsibility9,985 words
  69. 21. Solidarity2,441 words
  70. 22. Social Motive Force3,562 words
  71. 23. Existence of Evil1,202 words
  72. 24. Perfectibility1,860 words
  73. 25. Relationship of Political Economy and Religion1,384 words
  74. Index3,720 words

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