02388cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000380012624501220016426400510028630000470033733600260038433700260041033800360043650000310047250802820050352010820078553400450186765300150191265300280192770000350195585600430199099900170203316106UtSlPG20260610133357.0mcr n260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a06003449  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aHF1 aBastiat, Frédéric,d1801-185010aWhat Is Free Trade? :bAn Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2005  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2005-06-22  aE-text prepared by Sankar Viswanathan and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Making of America Collection of the University of Michigan Library (http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/)  a"What Is Free Trade?" by Frédéric Bastiat is a political and economic treatise written in the mid-19th century. This work explores the principles and implications of free trade, contrasting it with protectionist policies that aim to restrict commerce for the sake of domestic producers. Bastiat argues that such restrictions ultimately harm consumers and hinder overall economic prosperity.  At the start of the text, the author introduces the concept of abundance versus scarcity, questioning why many advocate for policies that create artificial scarcity through tariffs despite the clear benefits of a plentiful supply of goods. He critiques the notion that limiting imports serves the public good and illustrates how protective measures often backfire, benefiting certain industries at the expense of broader economic health. Through a series of thought-provoking arguments, Bastiat lays the groundwork for a detailed examination of free trade's advantages, setting the stage for further discussions in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aFree trade  aTariff -- United States1 aDel Mar, Alexander,d1836-192640uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16106  c57494d57494