The Bastiat2012 campaign has begun. Signs and bumper stickers can now be seen in Paris, and in all the country, with motivated supporters working really hard in other cities too, including Strasbourg and Rennes. The bastiat2012.fr website has been visited by thousands of people wanting to know more. Who was Frederic Bastiat ? Bastiat was a 19th century economist, philosopher, and member of Parliament. Talented writer, he was one of the leading voices of a long tradition of classical liberalism in France, along with Quesnay, Tocqueville, Turgot, Destutt de Tracay (Jefferson's friend), Say, and Constant. We know we are portrayed as evils : defendors of egoïsm, inequalities, big business, and the financial world. To clarify what we truly stand for, no one is more helpful than Bastiat. In his writings, he has explained it all. He has debunked more myths and fallacies than one can ever think of. In 'The Law', Bastiat clearly explained what we now recognize as t