FRENCH LIBERALISM
CANTILLON
Murphy, Antonin E.
Richard Cantillon – Banker and Economist (Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 7. Number 2. 1983. p. 185. Pdf-file.)
- the real founder of economics
O'Suilleabhain, Michael
Richard Cantillon (Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 7. Number 2. 1983. p. 217. Pdf-file.)
Tarascio, Vincent J.
Cantillon's Essai: A Current Perspective (Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 7. Number 2. 1983. p. 249. Pdf-file.)
David O' Mahony
Richard Cantillon – A Man of His Time: A Comment on Tarascio
(Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 7. Number 2. 1983. p. 259. Pdf-file.)
Liggio, Leonard P.
Richard Cantillon and the French Economists: Distinctive French
(Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 7. Number 2. 1983. p. 295. Pdf-file.)
Salerno, Joseph T.
The Influence of Cantillon's Essai on the Methodology of J.B. Say: A Comment on Liggio
(Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 7. Number 2. 1983. p. 305. Pdf-file.)
Thornton, Mark.
Richard Cantillon and the Origin of Economic Theory (Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines March. 1998, 8:1, pp. 61-74.)
Garrison, Roger W.
West's "Cantillon and Adam Smith" : A Comment (Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 7. Number 2. 1983. p. 287. Pdf-file.)
Hebert, Robert F.
Was Richard Cantillon an Austrian Economist? (Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 7. Number 2. 1983. p. 269. Pdf-file.)
EARLY FRENCH LIBERAL SCHOOL
Boetie, Etienne de la
The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (New York: Free Life Editions Inc., 1975)
- libertarian classic from the 16th century
- introduction by Murray N. Rothbard
Stromberg, Joseph
Etienne de la Boetie and Voluntary Servitude
- short intro into de la Boetie’s life
Rothkurg, Lionel
Opposition to Louis XIV: The Political and Social Origins of the French Enlightenment (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1965)
- the birth of French liberalism was a reaction against absolutism
- Fenelon and Boisguilbert were forerunners of Cantillon, Turgot and Say
Roberts, Hazel Van Dyke
Boisguilbert: Economist of the Reign of Louis XIV (New York: Columbia University Press, 1935)
Tame, Chris R.
The revolution of reason: Peter Gay, the enlightenment, and the ambiguities of classical liberalism
(Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 1. Number 3. Pdf-file.)
- empirism and utilitarianism turned enlightenment liberalism into social-engineering
Simon, W.M., ed.
French Liberalism: 1789 - 1848. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1972.)
- writings from Condorcet, de Tracy, Jean-Baptiste Say, and Constant
Murray N. Rothbard.
The Brilliance of Turgot (Auburn Al: Auburn University, LvM Institute, Occasional Papers 1986)
- Turgot was a forerunner of the Austrian school
Fontana, Biancamaria. ed.
Benjamin Constant: Political Writings (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988)
- includes essay, "The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with That of the Moderns,"
which defends modern liberalism against ancient communitarian republicanism.
Benjamin Constant
On the Sovereignty of the People (1815)
- Constant’s protolibertarian manifesto
Stephen Holmes
Benjamin Constant and the Making of Modern Liberalism (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984)
Tracy, Destutt de
A Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws (1811; New York: Burt Franklin, 1969).
- criticises de Montesquieu, hailed and translated by Jefferson
Emmet Kennedy
Destutt De Tracy and the Origins of `Ideology´ (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1978)
JEAN-BABTISTE SAY
Say, Jean-Baptiste
A Treatise on Political Economy (ed. Clement C. Biddle, 6th Amer. ed., 1834, NY: A.M. Kelley, 1964)
- better than the usual 4th edition published by A.M. Kelley in 1971
- this last 5th edition also includes Say's intro against mathematics
Say, Jean-Baptiste
Letters to Mr. Malthus (1821, New York: A.M. Kelley, 1967)
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J.B. Say: An Economist in Troubled Times
- reviewed by Richard M. Ebeling
Salerno, Joseph T.
The Influence of Cantillon's Essai on the Methodology of J.B. Say: A Comment on Liggio
(Journal of Libertarian Studies.. Volume 7. Number 2. 1983. p. 305. Pdf-file.)
Hutt, W.H.
A Rehabilitation of Say's Law (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1974)
- supply does not create but constitutes its own demand
IDEOLOGUES
Thierry, Augustin.
History of the Conquest of England by the Normans (1825; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1927, in 2 volumes)
- presents the classic conquest theory of state
Reinhard Stiebler
A Pre-History of Misesian Calculation: The Contribution of Adolphe Thiers
(Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. Volume 2. Number 3. Pdf-file)
Liggio, Leonard P.
Charles Dunoyer and French classical liberalism (Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 1. Number 3. Pdf-file.)
Raico, Ralph
Classical liberal exploitation theory: a comment on Professor Liggio's paper
(Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 1. Number 3. Pdf-file.)
Mark Weinburg
The social analysis of three early 19th century French liberals: Say, Comte, and Dunoyer
(Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 2. Number 1. 1978. p. 45. Pdf-file.)
Salerno, Joseph T.
Comment on the French Liberal School (Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 2. Number 1. 1978. p. 65. Pdf-file.)
Raico, Ralph
Classical Liberal Roots of the Doctrine of Classes
(in Yuri N. Maltsev, ed., Requiem for Marx. Auburn: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1993, 189-220.)
Hart, David
(David Hart Classical Liberalism Page)
Raico, Ralph
(Euro 92 Classical Liberalism Page)
- classical liberals conflicted over religion and centralisation
Raico, Ralph
Les libéraux français du 19ème siècle: une oeuvre injustement oubliée (pdf-file)
(Euro 92 Classical Liberalism Page)
- the transformation of classical liberalism
BASTIAT
Rothbard, Murray N.
The Influence of Frederic Bastiat (Advances in Austrian Economics, Vol. 2, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1995)
LvM Institute
- intro into Bastiat’s life and writings
Bastiat, Frederic
Selected Essays on Political Economy (Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: FEE, 1964)
- includes "What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen", "The Law", "The State"
Bastiat, Frederic
Economic Sophisms (1845; Irvington-On-Hudson, N.Y.: FEE, 1968)
- on protectionist fallacies
Bastiat, Frederic
- classic denunciation of political legislation
de MOLINARI
Molinari, Gustave de
The Production of Security (Transl. J. H. McCulloch. Occasional Paper Series 2. New York: Center for Libertarian Studies, 1977)
- the first presentation of anarcho-capitalism
Stromberg, Joseph
Gustave de Molinari on States and Defense
- short intro into de Molinari’s life and ideas
Hart, David M.
Gustave de Molinari and the Anti-statist Liberal Tradition: Part 1. (Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 5 Number 3. Summer, 1981, pdf-file.)
Hart, David M.
Gustave de Molinari and The Anti-statist Liberal Tradition: Part 2. (Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 5. Number 4. Fall, 1981. Pdf-file.)
Hart, David M.
Gustave de Molinari and the Tradition: Part 3. (Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 6 Number 1. Winter 1982. Pdf-file.)