Sophisms of the Protectionists
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- SOPHISMS
- OF THE
- PROTECTIONISTS.
- M. FREDERIC BASTIAT,
- PREFACE.
- PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.
- PART I.
- SOPHISMS OF PROTECTION.
- INTRODUCTION.
- I.
- ABUNDANCE—SCARCITY.
- II.
- OBSTACLE—CAUSE.
- III.
- EFFORT—RESULT.
- IV.
- EQUALIZING OF THE FACILITIES OF PRODUCTION.
- V.
- OUR PRODUCTIONS ARE OVERLOADED WITH TAXES.
- VI.
- BALANCE OF TRADE.
- 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.
- VIII.
- DISCRIMINATING DUTIES.
- IX.
- WONDERFUL DISCOVERY!
- X.
- RECIPROCITY.
- XI.
- ABSOLUTE PRICES.
- XII.
- DOES PROTECTION RAISE THE RATE OF WAGES?
- XIII.
- THEORY—PRACTICE.
- XIV.
- CONFLICTING PRINCIPLES.
- XV.
- RECIPROCITY AGAIN.
- XVI.
- OBSTRUCTED RIVERS PLEADING FOR THE PROHIBITIONISTS.
- XVII.
- A NEGATIVE RAILROAD.
- XVIII.
- "THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTE PRINCIPLES."
- XIX.
- NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE.
- XX.
- HUMAN LABOR—NATIONAL LABOR.
- XXI.
- RAW MATERIAL.
- XXII.
- METAPHORS.
- CONCLUSION.
- PART II.
- SOPHISMS OF PROTECTION.
- I.
- NATURAL HISTORY OF SPOLIATION.
- II.
- TWO SYSTEMS OF MORALS.
- III.
- THE TWO HATCHETS.
- IV.
- INFERIOR COUNCIL OF LABOR.
- V.
- DEARNESS—CHEAPNESS.
- VI.
- TO ARTISANS AND LABORERS.
- VII.
- A CHINESE STORY.
- VIII.
- POST HOC, ERGO PROPTER HOC.
- IX.
- ROBBERY BY BOUNTIES.
- X.
- THE TAX COLLECTOR.
- XI.
- UTOPIAN IDEAS.
- XII.
- SALT, POSTAGE, AND CUSTOMS.
- XIII.
- THE THREE ALDERMEN.
- XIV.
- SOMETHING ELSE.
- XV.
- THE LITTLE ARSENAL OF THE FREE TRADER.
- XVI.
- THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT HAND.
- XVII.
- SUPREMACY BY LABOR.
- PART III.
- SPOLIATION AND LAW.[16]
- PART IV.
- CAPITAL AND INTEREST.
- Footnotes
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