This is the Cato Daily Podcast for Wednesday, June 30th, 2010.

I'm Caleb Brown.

Economist and journalist Frederick Bastiat's insights have stood the test of time, at least so far,

to honor his ideas, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation

and students for liberty have launched the Bastiat Project.

Which aims to help young people explode common economic fallacies with greater regularity and precision.

Sloane Frost is a director of Students for Liberty.

The Basey Project is a joint effort between the Students for Liberty and Atlas Economic

Research Foundation and our goal is basically to get the Bostiaat works to

as many students as possible. Bostia, as you may know, is a 19th century French economist. He is famous for his sharp

wit, his ability to make really complex economic concepts in simple terms so anyone can understand them.

He's particularly valuable now because his writing clarifies some of the most dangerous economic policies,

things like protectionism, corporatism,

unintended consequences, and a host of other fallacies that we see today.

So the Basia Project itself has two parts.

The first is a new book, the Students for Liberty. The Student

for Liberty is publishing and it's called the Economics of Freedom,

which your professors won't tell you.

And we're printing 30,000 copies of these

for mass distribution all over college campuses this fall.

It's a collection of some of Bicias' most famous essays, like what is unseen, excuse me, what is seen, and what what is unseen and a petition.

There's a forward by F.A. Hyac.

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