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{{Short description|19th-century laissez-faire advocates}}
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The '''French liberal school''', also called the '''optimist school''' or the '''orthodox school''', is a 19th-century [[Schools of economic thought|school of economic thought]] that was centered on the {{lang|fr|[[Collège de France]]|italic=unset}} and the {{lang|fr|[[Institut de France]]|italic=unset}}. The {{lang|fr|[[Journal des Économistes]]}} was instrumental in promulgating the ideas of the school. Key thinkers include [[Frédéric Bastiat]], [[Jean-Baptiste Say]], [[Antoine Destutt de Tracy]], [[Julien Freund]], [[Pierre Manent]] and [[Gustave de Molinari]].

The school voraciously defended [[free trade]] and {{lang|fr|[[laissez-faire]]}}. They were primary opponents of [[Interventionism (economics)|interventionist]] and [[Protectionism|protectionist]] ideas. This made the French school a forerunner of the modern [[Austrian school]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcsKtzYkRZE "Forerunners of the Austrian School: The French Liberal School {{!}} Joseph T. Salerno (Lecture 1 of 10)"]. [[YouTube]].</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=July 2023}}

== See also ==
* [[Austrian School]]
* [[Parable of the broken window]]
* [[Physiocrats]]

== References ==
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