Gide on Molinari
May 20According to Charles Gide’s 1899 review (now posted), the problem with Molinari’s proposed Society of the Future is that it is both too hopelessly utopian – and too similar to the society we’re already living in. There’s no satisfying some people ….
Those That Leave Their Valiant Bones In France
May 05David Hart and Robert Leroux have released an amazing-looking anthology of French Liberalism in the 19th Century, including several works not previously translated. Check out the table of contents: Introduction Part I: The Empire (up to 1815) 1. Pierre-Louis Roederer: Property Rights (1800) 2. Jean-Baptiste Say: The Division of Labour (1803) 3. Destutt de Tracy: [...]
Cordial and Sanguine, Part 22: War Among the Bleeding Hearts Continued
Apr 04Greetings from Seattle! My entry in the aforementioned Cato Unbound symposium is now up. It’s titled “In Praise of Bleeding Heart Absolutism.”
Molinari/C4SS/ALL Wild West Tour Dates
Mar 27Next week I’m off to Las Vegas for the APEE (Harrah’s, 1-3 April), and then to Seattle for the Pacific APA (Westin, 4-7 April). Our sessions are as follows: APEE, Monday, 2 April: FMAC Session 1: 1:35-2:50 p.m. [M3.9, Parlor F]: “Topics in Free-Market Anti-Capitalism” chair: Sheldon Richman (The Freeman) presenters: Gary Chartier (La Sierra [...]
Where Minarchists Fear to Tread, Part 2
Jan 09As previously mentioned, the Society of Political Economy met in 1849 to critique Molinari’s market anarchist ideas. A month later, one of the participants in that discussion, free-banking theorist Charles Coquelin, developed his objections further in a book review of Molinari’s Soirées on the Rue Saint-Lazare for the Journal des Économistes. I have now translated [...]
Where Minarchists Fear to Tread
Jan 06In 1849, the members of the Society of Political Economy – the chief organisation for classical liberalism in France at the time – met to discuss Molinari’s proposal for the competitive provision of security. The meeting included some of the foremost liberal thinkers of the day, such as Bastiat, Dunoyer, Coquelin, Wolowski, and Horace Say [...]
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