\\"\E. \._A.'/'J by Frederic Bastiat Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) was a French economist, statesman, and author, writing at a time when France was rapidly turning to socialism. The Law, written in the early months of 1850, remains to this day one of the best explanations of the source and purpose of government. The 1950 translation by Dean Russell is must reading in this troubled period of United States and world history. We hold from God the gift that includes all others. This...
