{"id":648,"date":"2018-12-02T16:43:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T16:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/?p=648"},"modified":"2026-06-27T15:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T05:24:37","slug":"celebrating-the-bicentennial-of-the-birth-of-gustave-de-molinari-1819-1912","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/celebrating-the-bicentennial-of-the-birth-of-gustave-de-molinari-1819-1912\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Bicentennial of the birth of Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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3 March 2019 will be the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Gustave de Molinari, the \u201cfounding father\u201d of anarcho-capitalism. To celebrate this event I have put together an anthology of his key writings on the state which will be published by Institut Coppet (Paris) next year. A draft of the book is online and contains a detailed biographical essay on his life and work<\/a> (in English), 24 extracts from his writings between 1846-1911 (en fran\u00e7ais) with brief introductions to each one<\/a> (in English) , and an updated bibibliography<\/a> of all his works (still a work in progress).<\/p>\n

For more information about Molinari see the updated main Molinari page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The table of contents of the the anthology:<\/p>\n

I. Molinari\u2019s Political Credo: \u201cla Libert\u00e9, la Propri\u00e9t\u00e9, et la Paix\u201d (Liberty, Property, Peace)<\/p>\n

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  1. His \u201cSpartacus speech\u201d (1849). [Les Soir\u00e9es<\/em>, 1849, S12 pp. 348\u201363.]<\/li>\n
  2. Molinari\u2019s Credo: \u201cla Libert\u00e9 et la Paix\u201d (1861). [\u201cIntroduction\u201d, Questions d\u2019\u00e9conomie politique et de droit public<\/em> (1861), vol. 1, pp. v-xxxi. ]<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cProgramme \u00e9conomique\u201d (1891). [Notions fondamentales d\u2019\u00c9conomie politique<\/em> (1891), pp. 381\u201396.]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    II. The First Formulation of the Theory of Anarcho-Capitalism (1846\u20131849)<\/p>\n

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    1. \u201cLe droit \u00e9lectoral\u201d (1846). [Courrier fran\u00e7ais<\/em>, 23 July 1846; reprinted in Questions d\u2019\u00e9conomie politique<\/em> (1861), T. 2, pp. 271\u2013275.]<\/li>\n
    2. \u201dLa Production de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9\u201d (1849). [JDE<\/em>, T. XXII, no. 95, 15 f\u00e9v., 1849, pp. 277\u201390.]<\/li>\n
    3. \u201cOn Government and its Function\u201d (1849). [Les Soir\u00e9es<\/em>, S11, pp.\u00a0303\u2013337.]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      III. Molinari\u2019s Theory of the State I<\/p>\n

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      1. \u201cLe Despotisme et les mangeurs des taxes\u201d (1852). [Les R\u00e9volutions et le despotisme envisag\u00e9s au point de vue des int\u00e9r\u00eats mat\u00e9riel<\/em> (1852), pp. 81\u2013152.]<\/li>\n
      2. \u201cNations\u201d (1853). [Dictionnaire de l\u2019\u00e9conomie politique<\/em>, T. 2, pp. 259\u201362.]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        IV. The Further Development of Molinari\u2019s Theory of Pure Anarcho-capitalism (1852\u20131863)<\/p>\n

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        1. \u201cLes consommations publiques\u201d (1855, 1863). [Cours d\u2019\u00e9conomie politique<\/em> (1855, 1863), T. 2, pp. 480\u2013534.]<\/li>\n
        2. \u201dDe l\u2019administration de la Justice\u201d (1855). [L\u2019\u00e9conomiste belge<\/em> No. 11, 5 Juin 1855, pp. 1\u20133.]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          V. Molinari\u2019s Theory of the State II: The \u201cTempered\u201d (strengthened, hardened) Republic (1873)<\/p>\n

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          1. \u201cLa R\u00e9publique temp\u00e9r\u00e9e\u201d (1873). [La R\u00e9publique temp\u00e9r\u00e9e<\/em> (1873), I, pp. 5\u201314; II pp. 15\u201325; V, pp. 59\u201377; VI. pp. 79\u201390.]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            VI. Molinari\u2019s Gradual Retreat from Strict Anarcho-Capitalism (1880\u20131908)<\/p>\n

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            1. \u201dLa th\u00e9orie du progr\u00e8s et l\u2019\u00e9volution \u00e9conomique\u201d (1880). [L\u2019\u00c9volution \u00e9conomique du dix-neuvi\u00e8me si\u00e8cle<\/em> (1880), \u201cConclusion,\u201d pp. 439\u201369.]<\/li>\n
            2. \u201dLes gouvernements de l\u2019avenir\u201d (1884). [L\u2019\u00c9volution politique et la R\u00e9volution<\/em> (1884), Chap. X \u201cLes gouvernements de l\u2019avenir,\u201d pp. 351\u2013423.]<\/li>\n
            3. \u201dLa libert\u00e9 de gouvernement\u201d (1887). [Les Lois naturelles de l\u2019\u00e9conomie politique<\/em> (1887), pp. 238\u201377.]<\/li>\n
            4. \u201dProjet d\u2019Association pour l\u2019\u00e9tablissement d\u2019une Ligue des neutres\u201d (1887). [The Times<\/em>, 28 juillet 1887. Republished in La morale \u00e9conomique<\/em> (1888), pp. 431\u201338).]<\/li>\n
            5. \u201cLa d\u00e9cadence de la guerre\u201d (1898). [La Grandeur et decadence de la guerre<\/em> (1898), selections from pp. 113\u201372.]<\/li>\n
            6. \u201dLa constitution libre\u201d (1899). [Esquisse de l\u2019organisation politique et \u00e9conomique de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 future<\/em> (1899), pp.69\u201393.]<\/li>\n
            7. \u201cLe probl\u00e8me du gouvernement individuel\u201d (1900). [JDE<\/em>, S. 5, T. 44, N\u00b0 3, d\u00e9cembre 1900, pp. 321\u201339.]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              VII. Last Words on the Matter (1901\u20131911)<\/p>\n

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              1. Summing up the liberal successes and failures of the 19th Century (January, 1901). [\u201cLe XIXe si\u00e8cle\u201d, JDE<\/em>, Jan.1901), pp. 5\u201319.]<\/li>\n
              2. Predicting the Catastrophes of the 20th Century (January, 1902). [\u201cLe XXe si\u00e8cle,\u201d JDE<\/em>, Jan. 1902), pp. 5\u201314.]<\/li>\n
              3. \u201cO\u00f9 est l\u2019Utopie?\u201d (1906). [JDE<\/em>, S. 6, T. 3, N\u00b0 2, ao\u00fbt 1904.]<\/li>\n
              4. \u201cLe vol et l\u2019\u00e9change\u201d (1908). [JDE<\/em>, S. 6, T. 19, N\u00b0 1, juillet 1908.]<\/li>\n
              5. \u201cLa crise et la d\u00e9cadence\u201d (1908). [\u00c9conomie de l\u2019histoire. Th\u00e9orie de l\u2019\u00e9volution<\/em> (1908), pp. 219\u2013257.]<\/li>\n
              6. Molinari\u2019s \u201cLast Words\u201d (1911). [Ultima Verba: Mon dernier ouvrage<\/em> (1911), \u201cPr\u00e9face,\u201d pp. i-xvii.]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                3 March 2019 will be the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Gustave de Molinari, the \u201cfounding father\u201d of anarcho-capitalism. To celebrate this event I have put together an anthology of his key writings on the state which will be published by Institut Coppet (Paris) next year. A draft of the book is online … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[77,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tradition","category-molinari"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204819,"href":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions\/204819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}