What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader
Frédéric Bastiat
Politics & Social Sciences
What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, What Is Free Trade?, by Frédérick Bastiat, Translated by Emile Walter
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What Is Free Trade?
AN ADAPTATION OF Frederick Bastiat's "Sophismes Économiques." DESIGNED FOR THE AMERICAN READER. BY
EMILE WALTER,
A WORKER.
NEW YORK:
G. P. PUTNAM & SON, 661 BROADWAY.
1867.
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.
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