Economic Harmonies

Opis książki:

Frederic Bastiat has said that the Harmonies is a counterpart to Economic Sophisms, and, while the latter pulls down, the Harmonies builds up. Charles Gide and Charles Rist in a stand- ard treatise, A History of Economic Doctrines, have referred to "the beautiful unity of conception of the Harmonies," and added, "we arę by no means certain that the Harmonies and the Pam- phlets arę not stiii the best books that a young student ot political economy can possibly read." Unfortunately the Harmonies after chapter 10 arę unfinished fragments and therefore arę filled with repetitions which Bastiat would have corrected had hę lived. It is also important to keep in mind that parts of the Harmonies were first given as speeches. This translation follows as faithtully as possible the original French standard edition of the complete works of Bastiat. Cross references have been included among the three volumes of the present translation. Three types of notes arę included: Translators notes arę directed at the generał reader and arę mainly about persons and terms. Editors notes refer to notes by the editor of the French edition; Bastiats notes stand without such notations. Oniy the Translators notes arę at the bottom ot the page; the Editors" notes and Bastiats notes arę at the end of the volume. The latter two arę morę important but were put in the back to avoid ciutter- ing the pages and to promote readability. Where the French editor has indicated a cross reterence to a chapter or passage in Economic Sophisms or to any of the pamphlets or speeches included in Selected Essays on Political Economy, the original reterence to the French edition has been replaced by one directing the reader to the English translation. Although these three volumes of English translations of Bastiat arę published simultaneousły, there is some repetition of the Translators notes and the editorial Prefaces. This is necessary because some may obtain oniy one volume of this three-volume series, and therefore each volume has been madę as self-sufficient as possible. The Editor wishes to express his appreciation to W. Hayden Boyers, to Dean Russell for writing the Introduction, to Arthur Goddard, and to the William Volker Fund. GEORGE B. DE HUSZAR

Książka "Economic Harmonies" - Frederic Bastiat - oprawa miękka - Wydawnictwo The Foundation for Economic Education.