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The Positive Theory of Capital – Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

Von Boehm-Bawerk is one of the leading economists of the so-called Austrian school. With Karl Menger and others, he has contributed to the development of a theory of value which has received wide acceptance, and has been the cause of still wider discussion, in the economic world. This theory, as elaborated by Boehm von Bawerk, is based largely upon psychological principles. Its chief feature consists in a searching analysis of ‘subjective value.’ In his “Capital and Interest”, the author makes a brilliant and original study of these two subjects. “The Positive Theory of Capital” is the successor to the work mentioned above.

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Capital and Interest: A Critical History of Economic Theory – Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

Von Boehm-Bawerk is one of the leading economists of the so-called Austrian school. With Karl Menger and others, he has contributed to the development of a theory of value which has received wide acceptance, and has been the cause of still wider discussion, in the economic world. This theory, as elaborated by Boehm von Bawerk, is based largely upon psychological principles. Its chief feature consists in a searching analysis of ‘subjective value.’ In his “Capital and Interest”, the author makes a brilliant and original study of these two subjects. He does not accept the connuon classification of land, labor, and capital as the three sources of production, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Declaration of Independence – Carl Lotus Becker

In this long essay Becker analyzed the structure, drafting, and philosophy of the Declaration. He recognizes that it was not intended as an objective historical statement of the causes of the Revolution, but merely furnished a moral and legal justification for rebellion. Step by step, the colonists modified their theory to suit their needs.
Whenever men become sufficiently dissatisfied with the existing regime of positive law and custom, they will be found reaching out beyond it for the rational basis of what they conceive ought to be. This is what the Americans did in their controversy with Great Britain.

The Declaration of Independence

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The Declaration of Independence.

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The Code Napoleon – Napoleon Bonaparte

Code Napoleon, the first code of the French civil law, known at first as the Code civil des Français, was promulgated in its entirety by a law of the 30th Ventose in the year XII. (31st of March 1804). The influence of the Code Civil has been very great, not only in France but also abroad. Belgium has preserved it, and the Rhine provinces only ceased to be subject to it on the promulgation of the civil code of the German empire. Its ascendancy has been due chiefly to the clearness of its provisions, and to the spirit of equity and equality which inspires them. Numerous more recent codes have also taken it as … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Harmonies of Political Economy – Frédéric Bastiat

“Harmonies of Political Economy”, the last and principal work of Frédéric Bastiat, has been translated by Mr. Stirling, who says of it, “This great work, the child of Bastiat’s anxious hopes, the subject of his dying thoughts, …. is perhaps the most important and the most original contribution which the science of Political Economy has received since the days of Adam Smith.” Its design is thus explained in the author’s own words: “I undertake in this work,” he says, “to demonstrate the harmony of those laws of Providence which govern human society. What makes these laws harmonious and not discordant is, that all principles, all motives, all springs of action, all interests, cooperate … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

What is Free Trade? – Frédéric Bastiat

Bastiat’s “Sophismes Economiques” was translated during the free-trade agitation in England, by Mr. Porter, the author of ” Tho Progress of the Nation,” and was widely circulated, under the title of ” Popular Fallacies regarding General Interests.” It contains probably the most telling statement of the leading principles of tho free-trade theory ever published, and is perhaps unsurpassed in the happiness of its illustrations. Mr. Walter has apparently adopted Mr. Porter’s translation, and has adapted it to the use of the American reader by introducing American allusions and examples instead of French or English ones, and notably by setting up Horaco Greeley as a target for the satire and sarcasm.

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Economic Sophisms – Frédéric Bastiat

Bastiat’s “Economic Sophisms”, translated by Dr. Patrick James Stirling, were eagerly welcomed by students of political economy who were not really familiar with French. His object in this work was, as he says, “to refute the fallacies of the Protectionist School, then predominant in France, and to clear the way for the establishment of what he maintained to be the true system of economic science, which he desired to find on a new and peculiar theory of value, afterwards fully developed by him in the Harmonies.”

Economic Sophisms

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Economic Sophisms

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Biography of Frédéric Bastiat (from Wikipedia):

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Essays on Political Economy – Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) was a French classical liberal, economist and a politician. He was quintessential for the developement of the libertarianism and the Austrian School. This volume contains the following of his essays:

Capital And Interest
That Which Is Seen, And That Which Is Not Seen
Government
What Is Money?
The Law

Essays on Political Economy

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Essays on Political Economy

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Biography of Frédéric Bastiat (from Wikipedia):

Bastiat was born in Bayonne, Aquitaine, a port town in the south of France on the Bay of Biscay, on 29 June 1801. His father, Pierre Bastiat, was a prominent businessman in the town. His … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Works Volume 9 – Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot was one of the most famous 19th-century British journalists and essayists, whose major works refer to government, economics, and literature. This is the ninth out of nine volumes with his most important writings, this one containing a wealth of essays thar he wrote for The Economist and The Saturday Review:

Mr. Disraeli
Lord Macaulay
The Death Of Count Cavour
The Limit Of Defensive Outlay
Mr. Stansfeld And Signor Mazzini
The Assassination Of Mr. Lincoln
Politics As A Profession
Oxford And Mr. Gladstone
Mr. Carlyle On Mr. Eyre
Why Mr. Disraeli Has Succeeded
Ath Of Lord Brougham
Lord Lawrence
The Uses Of Scotch Liberalism
… and many more …

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The Works Volume 8 – Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot was one of the most famous 19th-century British journalists and essayists, whose major works refer to government, economics, and literature. This is the eighth out of nine volumes with his most important writings, this one containing early writings as well as his work “Physics and Politics”:

Physics and Politics
The Currency Monopoly
Principles Of Political Economy
Essay On The Comparative Advantages
Thoughts On Democracy
On The Character Of Mirabeau

The Works Volume 8

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The Works Volume 8.

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Biography of Walter Bagehot (from Wikipedia):

Bagehot was born in Langport, Somerset, England, on 3 February 1826. His father, Thomas Watson Bagehot, was … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...