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Economic Sophisms and “What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen”
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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF FRÉDÉRIC BASTIAT
Jacques de Guenin, General Editor
The Man and the Statesman: The Correspondence and Articles on Politics
“The Law,” “The State,” and Other Political Writings, 1843–1850
Economic Sophisms and “What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen”
Miscellaneous Works on Economics: From “Jacques-Bonhomme” to Le Journal des Économistes
Economic Harmonies
The Struggle against Protectionism: The English and French Free-Trade Movements
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Frédéric Bastiat
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This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.
The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as a design element in Liberty Fund books is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.
Cover art: Image of the village of Mugron, France, the town where Bastiat spent most of his adult life, from a postcard at www.communes.com / www.notrefamille.com.
This eBook edition published in 2018.
eBook ISBNs:
978-1-61487-274-0
978-1-61487-650-2
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Contents
Foreword by Robert McTeer
General Editor’s Note
Note on the Translation
Key Terms
Note on the Editions of the Œuvres complètes
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
A Chronology of Bastiat’s Life and Work
Introduction by David M. Hart
A Note on the Publishing History of Economic Sophisms and What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen by David M. Hart
Map of France Showing Cities Mentioned by Bastiat
Map of Southwestern France
Economic Sophisms First Series
4. Equalizing the Conditions of Production
5. Our Products Are Weighed Down with Taxes
7. Petition by the Manufacturers of Candles, Etc.
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12. Does Protection Increase the Rate of Pay?
16. Blocked Rivers Pleading in Favor of the Prohibitionists
18. There Are No Absolute Principles
20. Human Labor and Domestic Labor
Economic Sophisms Second Series
2. Two Moral Philosophies