Ces articles sont extraits du premier numéro du journal révolutionnaire Jacques Bonhomme, publié par Gustave de Molinari et Charles Coquelin en juin 1848.
Bastiat authored what is to this day the strongest defense of free trade ever produced. In Economic Sophisms, Bastiat masterfully created the most complete case for free trade ever constructed up to that time
The petition of the candlemakers is devastating. It is a flash of pure genius, a reductio ad absurdum that can never be exceeded, sufficient in itself to assure Bastiat immortal fame among economists.