Bastiat as a Social Scientist

Leroux Robert ()
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Leroux Robert: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 2019, vol. 25, issue 1, 8

Abstract: This article argues that, notwithstanding views to the contrary, Frédéric Bastiat (Bayonne, 1801; Rome, 1850) was indeed a man of science. Thus, in several of his essays he showed that political economy can attain a level of scientific rigor comparable in many respects to that of the natural sciences. Subscribing to the principle of methodological individualism, he offered some persuasive explanations for why people believe in a multitude of things. After examining science as Bastiat conceived it, we shall look at two important examples, mechanization and rational voting.

Keywords: Frédéric Bastiat; social sciences; methodological individualism; political economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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