"Brethren, you must club together to find me work at your own price." This is the right to work, i.e. elementary socialism of the first...
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Quite possibly one of the funniest nonsense answers ever uttered by mankind, this phrase, "Cats fur and kitty britches," while innocuous...
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Bastiat tackles in this passage a seeming contradiction that still surfaces in modern discussions of spending and saving. The basic form of the...
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The seldom used English idiom that constitutes the whole of this articles title has a meaning that has absolutely no relation whatsoever to business,...
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In the mid 19th century, Algeria was an overseas colony of France. French politicians would advocate for the expenditure of tax revenues in Algeria...
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Bastiat's treatise on the subject of credit is perhaps more anachronistic than much of his other work, however it still is able to make salient points...
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Entering an MBA program is a big step for any graduate. For graduates of Western Governors University, the school's more unique features can present...
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"A curse on machines! Every year, their increasing power devotes millions of workmen to pauperism, by depriving them of work, and therefore of...
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Bastiat illustrates the folly of protectionist policy with a bit of creative fiction. Mr. Protectionist, a French iron smelter, is dismayed when his...
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Today the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Montana Senator Max Baucus, is working on a health care reform bill. Much will be made of whether the...
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