Created: October 23, 4004
B.C. Updated: June 7, 2011 |
THE
INSTITUTIONS & CLASS STRUCTURE OF THE STATE [Guide] |
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A Schematic Diagram showing the Institutions and
Class Structure of the State |
A Key to this Schematic Diagram |
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Purple Google Fingers man-handling Bastiat |
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POLITICALLY
INTERESTING RECENT PHOTOS [Archive] |
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Frédéric Bastiat on the streets
of Indianapolis |
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When it came time to renew my car registration this year I thought it appropriate to get a personalized plate which reflected my current work as the Academic Editor of the Liberty Fund's translation project of the Collected Works of Frédéric Bastiat, the first volume of which appeared in March earlier this year. The DMV of course wanted to know if the name I had chosen was lewd or otherwise unacceptable and my reassurances about his obscurity and harmlessness must have done the trick. [To order a copy go here; to see more resources about Bastiat at this site go here] |
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IMAGES OF
LIBERTY AND POWER [archive] |
15. John Bull, the British Atlas [May 27, 2011] |
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| John Bull is standing on a green island surrounded by water in which can be seen some naval vessels and another figure standing on another island off in the distance. His blue jacket is torn and ripped and his yellow trousers have been patched on the knees. On his back is a three-tiered "castle" atop which sits the King and 2 layers of armed soldiers which are labelled "Standing Army of 150,000 Men, a numerous extravagant Military Staff". The King's throne sit on top of a pedestal which says "The Cause of the Bourbons" referring to Britain's role in restoring the French Bourbon monarchy to power after the defeat of Napoleon Out of JB's pockets and on the ground at his feet are "Unpaid Bills" and in the water behind him is a torn piece of paper on which is written "Property Tax". His right foot is placed on a document entitled the "Irish Economy" and which reads "reducing the number of Clerks and Commissioners in the public departments to a peace Establishment by turning adrift all the wretched and necessitous Drudges of 50L a year and at the same time augmenting the already enormous salaries of those who remain, thereby rendering the different Government offices more burthensome and expensive than they were in time of War." JB's right heel is on top of a document entitled "Civil List." The document between his feet states "A Fact. The enormous sum of 10,000 pounds a year charged to the Nation for Dining (?) half a dozen Officers belonging to the Guard at St. James's for performing the important service of Watching the Crows in the Park." To the right of this is a document which says "Expence of keeping Bonaparte in St. Helena 300,000 pounds. Military Guard …" To the far right is a book ("Just Published!") entitled "The Age of Wonders! or the Blessings of Peace, more destructive to the English than the horrors of War." [more] |
"The British Atlas, or John Bull supporting
the Peace Establishment" (1816)
[James Gillray or C. Williams] |
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DMH giving a lecture an Institute for Humane Studies
Summer Seminar c. mid-1990s. He is explaining the Higgs' "ratchet effect"
of the growth of state power. |
DMH giving a lecture at a Foundation for Economic
Education Summer Seminar in 2010 on the ruling class & the state. |
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