Sophisms of the Protectionists

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Author

Bastiat, Frédéric, 1801-1850

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Produced by Graeme Mackreth, Curtis Weyant and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

HF: Social sciences: Commerce

Subject

Free trade

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20161

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20161

Release Date

December 22, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SOPHISMS — OF THE — PROTECTIONISTS. — BY THE LATE — M. FREDERIC BASTIAT,
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION. — PART I.
4. 4.SOPHISMS OF PROTECTION. — INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.I. — ABUNDANCE—SCARCITY.
6. 6.II. — OBSTACLE—CAUSE.
7. 7.III. — EFFORT—RESULT.
8. 8.IV. — EQUALIZING OF THE FACILITIES OF PRODUCTION.
9. 9.V. — OUR PRODUCTIONS ARE OVERLOADED WITH TAXES.
10. 10.VI. — BALANCE OF TRADE.
11. 11.VII. — PETITION FROM THE MANUFACTURERS OF CANDLES, WAX-LIGHTS, LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, REFLECTORS, SNUFFERS, EXTINGUISHERS; AND FROM THE PRODUCERS OF TALLOW, OIL, RESIN, ALCOHOL, AND GENERALLY OF EVERY THING USED FOR LIGHTS.
12. 12.VIII. — DISCRIMINATING DUTIES.
13. 13.IX. — WONDERFUL DISCOVERY!
14. 14.X. — RECIPROCITY.
15. 15.XI. — ABSOLUTE PRICES.
16. 16.XII. — DOES PROTECTION RAISE THE RATE OF WAGES?
17. 17.XIII. — THEORY—PRACTICE.
18. 18.XIV. — CONFLICTING PRINCIPLES.
19. 19.XV. — RECIPROCITY AGAIN.
20. 20.XVI. — OBSTRUCTED RIVERS PLEADING FOR THE PROHIBITIONISTS.
21. 21.XVII. — A NEGATIVE RAILROAD.
22. 22.XVIII. — "THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTE PRINCIPLES."
23. 23.XIX. — NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE.
24. 24.XX. — HUMAN LABOR—NATIONAL LABOR.
25. 25.XXI. — RAW MATERIAL.
26. 26.XXII. — METAPHORS.
27. 27.CONCLUSION. — PART II.
28. 28.SOPHISMS OF PROTECTION.
29. 29.I. — NATURAL HISTORY OF SPOLIATION.
30. 30.II. — TWO SYSTEMS OF MORALS.
31. 31.III. — THE TWO HATCHETS.
32. 32.IV. — INFERIOR COUNCIL OF LABOR.
33. 33.V. — DEARNESS—CHEAPNESS.
34. 34.VI. — TO ARTISANS AND LABORERS.
35. 35.VII. — A CHINESE STORY.
36. 36.VIII. — POST HOC, ERGO PROPTER HOC.
37. 37.IX. — ROBBERY BY BOUNTIES.
38. 38.X. — THE TAX COLLECTOR.
39. 39.XI. — UTOPIAN IDEAS.
40. 40.XII. — SALT, POSTAGE, AND CUSTOMS.
41. 41.XIII. — THE THREE ALDERMEN.
42. 42.XIV. — SOMETHING ELSE.
43. 43.XV. — THE LITTLE ARSENAL OF THE FREE TRADER.
44. 44.XVI. — THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT HAND.
45. 45.XVII. — SUPREMACY BY LABOR. — PART III.
46. 46.SPOLIATION AND LAW. [16] — PART IV.
47. 47.CAPITAL AND INTEREST. — Footnotes

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