Wisdom
The thinking behind the name.
The Lineage
Frédéric Bastiat, 1850.
The economist whose name we carry, and whose discipline of attention we practice.
There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad confines himself to the visible effect; the good takes account of both the effect one sees and those one must foresee.Frédéric Bastiat · That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen
Bastiat's lesson was never only about economics. It is a discipline of attention: the visible number, the announced motive, the obvious counterparty are rarely the whole story. The value, and the risk, live in the part that must be foreseen. We took his name because we took his method.
What Shapes Us
A short shelf.
The ideas, founders, and builders we return to. Not a syllabus; a set of company we keep.
That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not SeenFrédéric Bastiat
The AlchemistPaulo Coelho
The Infinite GameSimon Sinek
On the Origin of SpeciesCharles Darwin
Cyropaedia: The Education of CyrusXenophon
Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert Cialdini