He was a nineteenth-century Belgian economist, well-read, and overlooked as a thinker. Here is one excerpt from Benoit Malbranque’s short open access book, now online:
Gustave de Molinari himself was perhaps as much a traveler, journalist and historian as he was a political philosopher. In fact, apart from a handful of professional travelers, very few people know as much about the world as he does. Over the years, he lived in Switzerland (1857), Russia (1860, 1882), Canada (1876, 1880, 1885), Ireland (1880), and the United States (1876, 1880, 1885). His travels took him to England, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Turkey, and the Caribbean islands, Panama, Columbia, and Venezuela. Obviously, at that time the journey was dangerous and more dangerous than it is now. At sea, both were less comfortable and longer: crossing the Atlantic Ocean took de Molinari 12 days in 1876, 10 days in 1880, and 11 days in 1885.
Part of his forward-looking liberalism was a strong belief in international agreements, in the interests of peace and cooperation. He also blamed the low quality and high cost of American food, as he saw it, on American protectionism.
Here is a general page of important things about French independence. All about Daniel Klein.
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