About The Circle Bastiat

This Mises Institute blog features reflections on Austrian economics, libertarian political theory, contemporary social and political issues, and the rest of the passing scene. It is named for the Circle Bastiat a group of Murray Rothbard’s closest friends and disciples which flourished from 1953-1959. They met regularly at Rothbard’s Manhattan apartment and called themselves the Circle Bastiat after the great nineteenth-century French classical liberal and economist. We hope to emulate the discussion in the original Circle — informed, interesting, and timely yet whimsical, irreverent, and fun.