GUYOT, YVES (1843-1928), French politician and econo mist, was born at Dinan on Sept. 6, 1843. Educated at Rennes, he took up the profession of journalism, coming to Paris in 1867. He was for some time editor-in-chief of L'Independant du midi of Nimes, joined the staff of La Rappel on its foundation, and worked on other journals. He waged a keen campaign against the prefecture of police, for which he suffered six months' imprison ment. He entered the chamber of deputies in 1885 as representa tive of the first arrondissement of Paris and was rapporteur gen eral of the budget of 1888. He was minister of public works from 1889 to 1892. He lost his seat in the election of 1893 owing to his militant attitude against Socialism. An uncompromising free trader, he published La Comedie protectionniste (19o5 ; Eng. trans. The Comedy of Protection) ; La Science economique (1st ed. 1881; 3rd. ed. 1907) ; La Prostitution (1882) ; La Tyrannie socialiste (1893), all three translated into English; Les Con flits du travail et leur solution (1903) ; La Democratie individualiste (1907). Other important works are Etudes de physiologie sociale (6 vols., 1882-1905), and La Gestion par l'etat et les municipalites (1913). Guyot died on Feb. 21, 1928.