Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2013-11-10 Public domain in the USA. 756 Bastiat, Frédéric 1801 1850 Bastiat, Frederic Bastiat, Claude Frédéric Stirling, Patrick James 1809 1891 Stirling, P. J. (Patrick James) Economic Sophisms Produced by David Widger "Economic Sophisms" by Frédéric Bastiat is a collection of essays on political economy written in the mid-19th century. The work aims to refute the arguments put forth by the Protectionist school, a dominant economic mindset of Bastiat's time, advocating for free trade and economic liberty instead. Through logical reasoning and wit, Bastiat seeks to clarify misconceptions surrounding value, abundance, and scarcity in relation to trade policy. The opening of the book introduces Bastiat's intent to combat the fallacies of Protectionism and presents his approach to economic discussion, which emphasizes the interests of consumers rather than producers. He highlights how protectionist policies favor scarcity over abundance, harming the general public and the economy as a whole. Through practical examples, Bastiat demonstrates that understanding economics requires recognizing the interconnectedness of producers and consumers, ultimately advocating for policies that support free trade and promote the general welfare of society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Free trade HF Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Economics Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Economics 556758 2025-06-17T18:33:30.156691 text/html 535581 2024-10-23T19:38:58 text/html 274411 2025-06-17T18:33:40.938660 application/epub+zip 285057 2025-06-17T18:33:33.871677 application/epub+zip 271533 2025-06-17T18:33:32.198673 application/epub+zip 531901 2025-06-17T18:33:46.368612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 496751 2025-06-17T18:33:39.979730 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469817 2022-09-20T07:06:59.932380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 517911 2025-06-17T18:33:28.779220 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 517673 2024-11-28T01:24:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16986 2025-06-17T18:33:46.528609 application/rdf+xml 14629 2025-06-17T18:33:32.976692 image/jpeg 3823 2025-06-17T18:33:32.684697 image/jpeg 266579 2025-06-17T18:33:30.203727 application/octet-stream application/zip fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia