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Political Economy and Liberalism in France The contributions of Frédéric Bastiat Robert Leroux Routledge Studies in the History of Economics Political Economy and Liberalism in France This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the work of Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850), one of the towering intellectual figures of nineteenth- century France. More than anyone else of his time, Bastiat personified the struggle of liberalism and science against socialism and utopia. Between 1844 and 1850, his campaign for the idea of liberty and his commitment to the discipline of political economy made him one of the most vigorous champions of economic liberalism in France. Bastiat put forward one of the most ambitious interpretations of the lib- eralism of his time, one that involved both a critique of primitive socialism and a desire to provide political economy with a theoretical foundation. His thinking is far more sophisticated than would appear at first glance. Nor can it be confined, as so many commentators would have us believe, to its strictly economic dimension. The themes that Bastiat addressed – free trade, competition, labour, among others – certainly helped to reduce it to this dimension. Yet he did not limit himself to these issues, even if he dealt with them at length. He also paid close attention to the political, moral, social and religious dimensions. Coming, as Bastiat’s writing did, at a decisive moment in the history of French liberalism, the very existence of his work explodes the long-standing received idea to the effect that liberalism, and in particular economic liberalism, is the exclusive domain of Anglo-Saxon countries. Bastiat’s work thus offers a solid rebuttal to Hayek, who proclaimed “the total absence of a liberal tradition in France”. This book should be of inter- est to students and researchers of many strands of economics, as well as those looking at French liberalism and the history of social science more generally. Robert Leroux is Professor of Sociology at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Routledge studies in the history of economics 1 Economics as Literature 7 Keynes and the ‘Classics’ Willie Henderson A study in language, epistemology and mistaken 2 Socialism and Marginalism identities in Economics 1870–1930 Michel Verdon Edited by Ian Steedman 8 The History of Game 3 Hayek’s Political Economy Theory, Vol 1 The socio-economics of order From the beginnings to 1945 Steve Fleetwood Robert W. Dimand and Mary Ann Dimand 4 On the Origins of Classical Economics 9 The Economics of Distribution and value from W. S. Jevons William Petty to Adam Smith Sandra Peart Tony Aspromourgos 10 Gandhi’s Economic Thought 5 The Economics of Joan Ajit K. 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