Gustave de Molinari

Gustave de Molinari (March 3, 1819 - January 28, 1912) wasBelgian economist.

All his life, together withother "Economists" (those who would nowadays be described as classical liberals), he defended peace, free trade, freedomspeech, freedomassociation (including into voluntary trade unions),libertyall its forms,opposed slavery, colonialism, mercantilism, protectionism, imperialism, nationalism, corporatism, economic interventionism, government controlartseducation,all restraints on liberty.

In1840s, he wasParis,notably took part in"Ligue pour la Liberté des Échanges" (Free Trade League), animated by Frederic Bastiat. (On his death bed1850, Bastiat considered Molinari ascontinuatorhis works.)

In 1849, Molinari published several essays describing howfree marketjusticeprotection could advantageously replaceState, effectively making himfirst theoristanarcho-capitalism.

External links

• David Hart's Gustave De Molinari And The Anti-Statist Liberal Tradition
• The SocietyTomorrow by Molinari, published electronically by The LibraryEconomicsLibertyannotations, biography, etc.
• Some works by Molinari availableoriginal French from Hervé de Quengo's site.
• The Molinari Institute