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100 1 _aBastiat, Frédéric,
_d1801-1850
245 1 0 _aWhat Is Free Trade? :
_bAn Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2005-06-22
508 _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/)
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFree trade
653 _aTariff -- United States
700 1 _aDel Mar, Alexander,
_d1836-1926
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16106
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