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Introduction | Works in this Collection
Introduction
Here are some translations I have done. They are mainly of works by members of the Paris School of political economy. I did my first translation in 1979 of a chapter of Molinari’s book Les Soirées de la rue Saint-Lazare (1849) which I included as an Appendix to my honours thesis in history at Macquarie University. I returned to it again in 2025 when I translated the entire book.
The second translation I did was in 1982 when I was at Stanford of chapter 10 “Les gouvernements de l’avenir” (The Governments of the Future) from Molinari’s book L’évolution politique et la Révolution (1884). Likewise, after a hiatus of 40 years I returned to it again in 2025 when I translated the entire book.
I began translating pieces of Comte and Dunoyer’s works when I was at Cambridge in 1983. I also returned to this in 2025 when I began translating about 40 of their articles written for their journal Le Censeur for an anthology of their writings.
These writers are part of a series of ongoing Special Projects I have been working on on and off for nearly 50 years. (Listed in full above in the menu bar – “Authors / Special Projects”). They are:
See the following for more information:
- my paper: “The Paris School of Liberal Political Economy, 1803-1853”. A Paper given at the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia Annual Conference, Melbourne VIC, 22 Sept. 2022. In HTML.
- my honour thesis: “Gustave de Molinari and the Anti-Statist Liberal Tradition” (Sept. 1979) – an Honours thesis presented as part of an Honours degree in the Department of History at Macquarie University, Sydney in 1979. In HTML.
Works in this Collection
Showing 12 of 12 works
| No. | Title Page | Author | The Work | Year | Discipline | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
Frédéric Bastiat, "Introduction" to Cobden and the League, or the English Movement for the Liberty of Commerce. Translated and with Notes by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
Editor's Note: A translation of Frédéric Bastiat, Cobden et la ligue, ou l’Agitation anglaise pour la liberté du commerce (Paris: Guillaumin, 1845). “Introduction,” pp. i-xcvi. See the original French in facsimile PDF and [HTML]. |
1845 | Economics | Guillaumin; Translation |
| 2 |  |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
A Comparative Edition of Frédéric Bastiat's essay on "The State" (1848-49). Translated, edited, and with an Introduction by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
Editor's Note: This is a translation of the various versions of Bastiat's essay "L'État" which appeared between 1848-49. It contains the three versions in both French and English with an introduction and notes. The longest and definitive version was the one which appeared as a pamphlet in 1849: L’État. Maudit Argent. Par M. Frédéric Bastiat, Représentant du Peuple. Membre Correspondant de L'institut, et du Conseil Général des Landes. (Paris: Guillaumin et Ce, 1849). See the original French version in facs. PDF and [HTML]. |
1848 | Political Thought | Anthology; Guillaumin; Translation |
| 3 |  |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
Frédéric Bastiat, The Law: The Students Edition. Translated, edited, and with Notes by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
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1850 | Law; Political Thought | Guillaumin; Translation |
| 4 |  |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
Frédéric Bastiat, What is Seen and What is Not Seen, or Political Economy in One Lesson. The Students Edition. Translated and edited by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
Editor's Note: This is a translation of Frédéric Bastiat, Ce qu’on voit et ce qu’on ne voit pas, ou l’Économie politique en une leçon. Par M. F. Bastiat. Représentant du Peuple à l’Assemblée Nationale, Membre correspondant de l’Institut (Paris: Guillaumin, 1850). See the original French version in facsimile facs. PDF and [HTML]. This edition is also available as a bilingual reader with the French and English texts side by side. |
1850 | Economics | Guillaumin; Multi-Pane Readers; Translation |
| 5 |  |
Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) |
Gustave de Molinari, The Collected Articles from the Dictionnaire de l'Économie politique (1852-53). Edited and translated into English by David M. Hart (March, 2025 draft).
Editor's Note: This is a translation of Gustave de Molinari, The Collected Articles from the Dictionnaire de l'Économie politique (1852-53). In French, edited by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2023). [HTML]. |
1852 | Economics; Political Thought; Sociology | Anthology; Translation |
| 6 |  |
Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) |
Gustave de Molinari, The Greatness and Decline of War. Edited and translated by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
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1898 | Economics; Political Thought; Sociology | Guillaumin; Translation |
| 7 |  |
Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) |
Gustave de Molinari, Political Evolution and the Revolution. Translated and edited by David M. Hart (Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
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1884 | Economics; Political Thought; Sociology | Guillaumin; Multi-Pane Readers; Translation |
| 8 |  |
Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) |
Gustave de Molinari, Revolutions and Despotism considered from the Perspective of Material Interests (1852). Translated by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
Editor's Note: This is a translation ofwas a lecture given at the Museum of Industry in Brussels, on October 4, 1852. It was published in a book along with a Letter he wrote to Count Arrivabene: Gustave de Molinari, Les Révolutions et le despotisme envisagés au point de vue des intérêts matériels; précédé d'une lettre à M. le Comte J. Arrivabene, sur les dangers de la situation présente, par M. G. de Molinari, professeur d'économie politique (Brussels: Meline, Cans et Cie, 1852). Deuxième Partie, pp. 81-152. See the original French version in facs. PDF and [HTML]. |
1852 | Sociology | Translation |
| 9 |  |
Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) |
Gustave de Molinari, A Sketch of the Political and Economic Organisation of the Society of the Future. Edited and translated by David M. Hart (Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
Editor's Note: See also my introduction to the translation in HTML. A translation of Gustave de Molinari, Esquisse de l'organisation politique et économique de la société future (Paris: Guillaumin et cie., 1899). See the original French version in facsimile PDF and [HTML]. It was first translated in 1904 as The Society of Tomorrow: A Forecast of its Political and Economic Organization, ed. Hodgson Pratt and Frederic Passy, trans. P.H. Lee Warner (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904). In facs. PDF and HTML. |
1899 | Economics; Political Thought; Sociology | Guillaumin; Translation |
| 10 |  |
Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) |
Gustave de Molinari, Soirées on rue Saint-Lazare: Discussions about Economic Laws and a Defence of Property. Translated and edited by David M. Hart (Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
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1849 | Economics; Political Thought | Guillaumin; Multi-Pane Readers; One Volume Survey; Translation |
| 11 |  |
Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912) |
Gustave de Molinari, Thoughts on the Future of Liberty (1901-1911). The English language edition. Edited by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
Editor's Note: It contains three articles by Molinari: "Le XIXe siècle", Journal des Économistes, Janvier 1901, 5e série, T. XLV, pp. 5-19. [facs. PDF]; "Le XXe siècle", Journal des Économistes, Janvier 1902, 5e série, T. XLIX, pp. 5-14 [facs. PDF]; and the "Préface" to Ultima verba: mon dernier ouvrage (Paris: V. Giard & E. Brière, 1911) pp. i-xvii [facs. PDF]. Se the French language edition: Gustave de Molinari, Thoughts on the Future of Liberty (1901-1911). The French language edition. Edited by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2023). See the French language edition in [HTML]. |
1901 | Economics; Political Thought | Anthology; Translation |
| 12 |  |
Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) |
Vilfredo Pareto, An Application of Sociological Theories. Translated and edited by David M. Hart (Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
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1900 | Sociology | Translation |