The 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 laissez-faire.
They were primary opponents of interventionist and protectionist ideas.
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