Bastiat Series Part 1, The Law

Bastiat Series Part 1, The Law

Author: Brian May 27, 2026 Duration: 4:31
In this opening episode, we introduce a special series on one of the most important political essays ever written — The Law by Frédéric Bastiat, published in 1850 in the final year of his life. Bastiat wrote with one urgent question: what is law actually for? His answer — that law exists solely to protect life, liberty, and property, and that any law which does otherwise is legalized plunder — is as relevant today as it was in post-revolutionary France. In this episode we also trace a thread ...

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