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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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