Lagroht Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 I recently started reading some works of Frederic Bastiat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bastiat) and I was very impressed. I also was impressed with how much his opinions on economy (not on god ;-) are in line with the opinions of Ayn Rand (no conflict of interest among men in Ayn Rand equals economic harmonies in Bastiat). I have found this page listing some of the works Ayn Rand read: http://www.noblesoul.com/orc/misc/read.html In this list are works of Henry Hazlitt, specifically 'Economics in One Lesson' is basically an applications of the lessons Hazlitt learned from Bastiat. I am not the first to notice some similarities: http://bastiat.net/en/about/influence.html I say, all hail to Bastiat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grames Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 In The Letters of Ayn Rand Dear Rose Wilder Lane: Thank you for your note on The Fountainhead in the National Economic Council's Book Reviews. I was startled to see it, and I appreciate it very much. I want to congratulate you on your review of the Bastiat books. It was a masterful job. I shall look forward with real pleasure and interest to future copies of this magazine. It is such a rare treat to read intelligent book reviewing for a change. I am sorry that I did not have a chance to see you while I was in New York, but I hope that we shall meet some day in person, as we certainly must. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Patroller Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 In The Letters of Ayn Rand How did Bastiat end up in the CRITICS OF OBJECTIVISM subforum? He was a reccommended source; i.e. a good guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 How did Bastiat end up in the CRITICS OF OBJECTIVISM subforum?Probably just an oversight by the OP. The topic is moved now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJJJ Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 I think "That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen" should be the first thing a person should read when wanting to understand economics, especially at this time of bailouts and "stimulation" It can be found here: http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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