Frédéric Bastiat
Economist, Politician
1801 – 1850
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Who was Frédéric Bastiat?
Claude Frédéric Bastiat was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly. He was notable for developing the important economic concept of opportunity cost, and for penning the influential Parable of the Broken Window. His ideas have gone on to provide a foundational basis for libertarian and the Austrian schools of thought.
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- Born
- Jun 30, 1801
Bayonne - Also known as
- Frederic Bastiat
- M. Frederic Bastiat
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 24, 1850
Rome
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on July 23, 2013
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