What Is Free Trade?. Frederic Bastiat

       Frédéric Bastiat

      What Is Free Trade?

      An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664614803

      Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION.

       WHAT IS FREE TRADE?

       CHAPTER I.

       PLENTY AND SCARCITY.

       CHAPTER II.

       OBSTACLES TO WEALTH AND CAUSES OF WEALTH.

       CHAPTER III.

       EFFORT—RESULT.

       CHAPTER IV.

       EQUALIZING OF THE FACILITIES OF PRODUCTION.

       CHAPTER V.

       OUR PRODUCTIONS ARE OVERLOADED WITH INTERNAL TAXES——

       CHAPTER VI.

       BALANCE OF TRADE.

       CHAPTER VII.

       A PETITION.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       DISCRIMINATING DUTIES.

       CHAPTER IX.

       A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.

       CHAPTER X.

       RECIPROCITY.

       CHAPTER XI.

       ABSOLUTE PRICES.

       CHAPTER XII.

       DOES PROTECTION RAISE THE RATE OF WAGES?

       CHAPTER XIII.

       THEORY AND PRACTICE.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       CONFLICT OF PRINCIPLES.

       CHAPTER XV.

       RECIPROCITY AGAIN.

       CHAPTER XVI.

       OBSTRUCTED RIVERS PLEAD FOR THE PROHIBITIONISTS.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       A NEGATIVE RAILROAD.

       CHAPTER XVIII.

       THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTE PRINCIPLES.

       CHAPTER XIX.

       NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE.

       CHAPTER XX.

       HUMAN LABOR—NATIONAL LABOR.

       CHAPTER XXI.

       RAW MATERIAL.

       CHAPTER XXII.

       METAPHORS.

       CHAPTER XXIII.

       CONCLUSION.