Economic Sophisms. Frederic Bastiat

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Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION.

       I. ABUNDANCE, SCARCITY.

       II. OBSTACLE, CAUSE.

       III. EFFORT, RESULT.

       IV. TO EQUALIZE THE CONDITIONS OF PRODUCTION.

       V. OUR PRODUCTS ARE BURDENED WITH TAXES.

       VI. BALANCE OF TRADE.

       VII. OF THE MANUFACTURERS

       VIII. DIFFERENTIAL DUTIES.

       IX. IMMENSE DISCOVERY.

       X. RECIPROCITY.

       XI. NOMINAL PRICES.

       XII. DOES PROTECTION RAISE THE RATE OF WAGES?

       XIII. THEORY, PRACTICE.

       XIV. CONFLICT OF PRINCIPLES.

       XV. RECIPROCITY AGAIN.

       XVI. OBSTRUCTED NAVIGATION PLEADING FOR THE PROHIBITIONISTS.

       XVII. A NEGATIVE RAILWAY.

       XVIII. THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTE PRINCIPLES.

       XIX. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE.

       XX. HUMAN LABOUR, NATIONAL LABOUR.

       XXI. RAW MATERIALS.

       XXII. METAPHORS.

       CONCLUSION.

       END OF THE FIRST SERIES.

       SECOND SERIES.

       I. PHYSIOLOGY OF SPOLIATION.

       COMMENTARY.

       JUSTIFICATION.

       II. TWO PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY.

       III. THE TWO HATCHETS.

       IV. LOWER COUNCIL OF LABOUR.

       EFFECTS OF PROTECTION.—REPORT OF THE TAILORS.

       EFFECTS OF PROTECTION.—REPORT OF THE BLACKSMITHS.

       V. DEARNESS-CHEAPNESS.

       SUPPLEMENT.*

       VI. TO ARTISANS AND WORKMEN.

       VII. A CHINESE STORY.

       VIII. POST HOC, ERGO PROPTER HOC.

       IX. THE PREMIUM THEFT.

       X. THE TAXGATHERER.

       Jacques Bonhomme, a Vinedresser.

       XI. THE UTOPIAN FREE-TRADER.

       XII. THE SALT-TAX, RATES OF POSTAGE, AND CUSTOMHOUSE DUTIES.

       XIII. PROTECTION; OR, THE THREE CITY MAGISTRATES. Demonstration in Four

       XIV. SOMETHING ELSE.

       XV. THE LITTLE ARSENAL OF THE FREE-TRADER.

       XVI. THE RIGHT HAND AND THE LEFT.

       Report Addressed to the King.

       XVII. DOMINATION BY LABOUR.

       THE END.

INTRODUCTION.