Essays on Political Economy: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Essays on Political Economy, credited to Frederic Bastiat, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Essays on Political Economy, by Frederic Bastiat. Read by Katie Riley. Bastiat asserted that the only purpose of government is to defend the right of an individual to life, liberty, and property. From this definition, Bastiat concluded that the law cannot defend life, liberty and property if it promotes socialist policies inherently opposed to these very things. In this way, he says, the law is perverted and turned against the thing it is supposed to defend. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Essays on Political Economy
• Author credits: Frederic Bastiat
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 7:16:09

Catalogue topics

• economics
• bastiat
• political economy

Track guide

1. 01 - Capital and Interest Part 1 — 35:00
2. 02 - Capital and Interest Part 2 — 27:23
3. 03 - Capital and Interest Part 3 — 27:20
4. 04 - That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen Part 1 — 26:31
5. 05 - That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen Part 2 — 34:16
6. 06 - That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen Part 3 — 34:24
7. 07 - That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen Part 4 — 31:55
8. 08 - Government — 30:44
9. 09 - What Is Money? — 1:06:17
10. 10 - The Law Part 1 — 37:01
11. 11 - The Law Part 2 — 40:17
12. 12 - The Law Part 3 — 45:04

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