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A French economist, Bastiat defended free trade and limited government with clarity and irony, denouncing protectionism and what is not seen in economic policies, becoming a classic of liberal thought.
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Broad political tradition emphasizing liberty, individual rights, toleration, the rule of law, and justification of political authority. Classical, social, and other liberal traditions differ on property, redistribution, and the role of government.
Contested term for intellectual traditions and policy programs emphasizing private enterprise, competition, and market exchange. It often supports privatization and deregulation while retaining a state role in establishing market rules and providing some public goods.
Branch that unites anti-politics, radical free markets, and direct popular communication, attacking bureaucracies, taxes, and party elites in the name of individual freedom, entrepreneurship, and the sovereignty of the ordinary citizen.
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An Austrian economist, Mises was a great defender of the free market and demonstrated the impossibility of rational economic calculation under socialism, becoming a pillar of the Austrian School and an inspiration for modern libertarianism.
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A pioneering modern merchant republic, the United Provinces were a confederation governed by a commercial oligarchy, marked by religious tolerance, free trade, and immense naval and financial power at their height.
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