Monthly Archives: August 2011

New Bastiat Book

Frederic Bastiat, despite having died in 1850, just came out with a new book. The Man and the Statesman: The Correspondence and Articles on Politics, was just published by Liberty Fund. It’s available in hard copy for Liberty Fund’s typical low price, or for free in PDF format.

A majority of the letters and articles in the book have never before been translated into English.

Bastiat has five more books on the way; Liberty Fund is in the process of publishing his collected works in 6 volumes.

Arizona’s Immigration Laws Stall Recovery

My colleague Alex Nowrasteh in today’s San Jose Mercury News:

SB 1070 proponents claim that it decreased the unauthorized population in the state, and they’re probably right. But for that “achievement,” SB 1070 likely slowed Arizona’s recovery by increasing the regulatory burden for business and raising the cost of hiring all workers in Arizona.

Read the whole thing here.