This book contains the timeless truths that were understood by the Founders of the United States, but forgotten by those of us who are more concerned with our day-to-day lives. Everyone wants to be personally prosperous. Most everyone would agree that it is easier to be prosperous when living in a society that is prosperous. This book makes it clear what prosperity is, what dynamics improve economies while reducing unemployment, and why the United States is the most prosperous nation that has ever existed. Fredric Bastiat lived in the revolutionary period of mid-nineteenth century France, and developed his Theory of Freedom at the same time as Karl Marx developed his Theory of Communism. Where Karl Marx found the dynamics of history to be a class-oriented struggle for wealth, Frederic Bastiat looked to the United States and found the harmonious dynamics of individual liberty. It is liberty that provides the wealth everyone desires. Frederic Bastiat is unknown to most everyone in...