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Evilfox
12-03-2011, 10:44 PM
http://bastiat.org/en/the_law.html

Finished it in about an hour. Very good read.

Sentinelrv
12-03-2011, 10:48 PM
I didn't realize it was so short.

revgen
12-03-2011, 10:49 PM
^It was intended to be a pamphlet, ala Common Sense by Thomas Paine

He was protesting the French socialist changes going on at the time.

Crickett
12-03-2011, 11:32 PM
It pretty much just an essay. I read most of it at : http://mises.org/books/thelaw.pdf and there was a really super introduction to it in the file..written in 2007

eric4186
12-03-2011, 11:39 PM
I wonder what Perry would have suggested if they'd asked him to recommend a book...

Simple
12-03-2011, 11:42 PM
Just finished it. Its a good read.

specsaregood
12-03-2011, 11:46 PM
I wonder what Perry would have suggested if they'd asked him to recommend a book...

probably his own

greeksta59
12-04-2011, 12:09 AM
Perfect dude! THANKS!

RSLudlum
12-04-2011, 12:12 AM
I've read it a number of times and gifted a few copies out over the years. Don't overlook his other writings that can be had in collections such as Essays on Political Economy; Economic Sophisms; and Economic Harmonies. Mises Institute has a very good collection of their own which includes all those mentioned above plus more entitled The Bastiat Collection.

It was awesome to hear him mention this work.

kusok
12-04-2011, 12:18 AM
probably his own

Get out. Perry can't possibly write.

SpicyTurkey
12-04-2011, 12:23 AM
Get out. Perry can't possibly write.

If Cain can, whats stopping Perry?

kusok
12-04-2011, 12:27 AM
If Cain can, whats stopping Perry?

hmmm... true, maybe they dictate, and someone else writes it down as they speak. Then yet another person puts those 'thoughts" in a semi-coherent fashion.


By the way, that answer by ron paul was very good (about the book)

I didn't like his answer about the patriot Act and the bombing in Oklahoma. it sounded like he was just dodging the issues and basically not offering any ways to prevent such attacks in future. Surely something can be done that doesn't screw our privacy etc. It just sounded like ROn Paul would just let it go, let him bomb.... I don't think that answer went well with many viewers. I don't know... maybe better security in such buildings, more resistant to explosions, something... Paul did mention states taking care of this, and that's good, but he should have done more emphasis on actually answering the question directly IMHO.

Cleaner44
12-04-2011, 12:29 AM
I missed that this thread was already created.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?334552-The-Law-By-Frédéric-Bastiat-Audio-Book

Nice audiobook version, take a look.

Tod
12-04-2011, 08:13 PM
I suggested it to my niece, who just started law school. She is a flaming liberal leftist, and gave me this response:


Just wondering what made you think I might like this. I neither agree with his views on God's laws nor man's laws. I find the section called, "Who shall judge" especially offensive....ouch!


:rolleyes:

Jingles
12-04-2011, 08:29 PM
I read this awhile ago. But it won't hurt to read it again.

Perry
12-04-2011, 08:33 PM
Anyone notice that what Paul really said when asked the question was, "You mean, aside from the Bible?"

69360
12-04-2011, 08:34 PM
I first read it about 15 years ago, reread it last night actually after the mention, still good!

brushfire
12-04-2011, 08:35 PM
Get out. Perry can't possibly write.

...or read.

specsaregood
12-04-2011, 08:47 PM
Get out. Perry can't possibly write.

iirc, newt wrote the foreward for it.

BethanyGrace
12-04-2011, 09:29 PM
Amazing! I just happened to have checked The Law out from the library the other day. I haven't finished it yet--plenty of distractions--but I really like it so far.

goldwater's ghost
12-04-2011, 11:02 PM
I wonder what Perry would have suggested if they'd asked him to recommend a book... curious george

Fermli
12-04-2011, 11:05 PM
I suggested it to my niece, who just started law school. She is a flaming liberal leftist, and gave me this response:


:rolleyes:

at least she read some of it. I can't even get some of my own family members to read or watch anything.

mrsat_98
12-05-2011, 06:36 AM
http://bastiat.org/en/the_law.html

Finished it in about an hour. Very good read.

If this book doesn't open your eyes to what is happening in this world, nothing will.

Krugerrand
12-05-2011, 06:44 AM
curious george

Welcome! I enjoyed your first post. Thanks.

whippoorwill
12-05-2011, 06:52 AM
Here's some more of his works. THE BASTIAT COLLECTION http://mises.org/books/bastiat_collection_pocket.pdf

milo10
12-05-2011, 06:56 AM
The Law is just brilliant. This is the core of free market economics before you get into Austrian theory.

FreeTraveler
12-05-2011, 07:10 AM
I suggested it to my niece, who just started law school. She is a flaming liberal leftist, and gave me this response:
:rolleyes:

It says something Orwellian that a liberal studying to be a lawyer would find Bastiat's The Law offensive. She should look into respectable work instead, like hooking.

Travlyr
12-05-2011, 07:26 AM
Anyone notice that what Paul really said when asked the question was, "You mean, aside from the Bible?"

I did take note of that. Then he said, "The Law."

Absolute brilliance.

Feeding the Abscess
12-05-2011, 07:36 AM
Anyone notice that what Paul really said when asked the question was, "You mean, aside from the Bible?"

He said "you mean, excluding something religiously oriented?"

It seemed like he was clarifying what the question was.

fisharmor
12-05-2011, 07:55 AM
If Cain can, whats stopping Perry?

Perry's a clown and there's no denying it.
But Cain has a head on his shoulders. He worked in computers back in the time when a computer bug still meant there was a physical insect shorting a transistor somewhere. He's also done ballistics calculations.
And you don't go from being some mid-level functionary to running international corporations overnight unless the people in charge see something in you.

We're trying to win his supporters. Acting like he's stupid doesn't help.
Just sayin'.

No Free Beer
12-05-2011, 09:32 PM
"Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) was a French economist, statesman, and author. He did most of his writing during the years just before — and immediately following — the Revolution of February 1848. This was the period when France was rapidly turning to complete socialism. As a Deputy to the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Bastiat was studying and explaining each socialist fallacy as it appeared. And he explained how socialism must inevitably degenerate into communism. But most of his countrymen chose to ignore his logic."

Wow, insert "American economist"..."Revolution of 2007"

and focus on "ignore his logic"

It's quite scary...

tfurrh
12-06-2011, 11:00 AM
I read 'The Law' last night. I can see why it was recommended by Dr. Paul. I read it on my nook, but I found this later on youtube. It has audio & text.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQUbGsM5Owo

teacherone
12-06-2011, 11:04 AM
I suggested it to my niece, who just started law school. She is a flaming liberal leftist, and gave me this response:

:rolleyes:

careful - i may have strained my relationship with one of my sisters beyind repair.

best to drop politics and stick to the weather.

matt0611
12-06-2011, 11:04 AM
Also, for some background on who Bastiat was, check out this article on Mises.org , its a great read:

http://mises.org/daily/5429

Or listen to it here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VIeKDS7nQE

specsaregood
12-06-2011, 07:22 PM
Mises.org has the print version on sale for $3 through today.
Our Price: $6.00 $3.00 ends 12/6/2011
http://mises.org/store/The-Law-P408.aspx