Who was Frédéric Bastiat?

‘School of Thought’ is the IEA discussion series based on ‘101 Great Liberal Thinkers’ by Dr Eamonn Butler. Each week, Syed will discuss classical liberalism’s role in bringing the modern world into existence, profiling the lives and ideas of some of the leading thinkers on individual liberty and examining their relevance today. In this week’s episode, Syed sits down with Madeline Grant to discuss Frédéric Bastiat. Madeline is Assistant Comment Editor at The Telegraph and a Sunday Telegraph columnist. '101 Great Liberal Thinkers' is available to download for free on the IEA website.