Economic Sophisms
Frédéric Bastiat
41 chapters · 9 h 33 min · English
Read by George Banfield, Owlivia, Mason Lewis, czandra, AndrewJWard, disillusionedjimson and others
Business & Economics
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Bastiat speaks with the greatest force to the highest order of intellects. At the same time, he is almost the only Political Economist whose style is brilliant and fascinating, whilst his irresistible logic is relieved by sallies of wit and humour which make his Sophismes as amusing as a novel. - Summary by Richard Cobden
Chapters
1 Introduction 7 min 2 Abundance, Scarcity 23 min 3 Obstacle, Cause 7 min 4 Effort, Result 17 min 5 To Equalize the Conditions of Production 39 min 6 Our Products are Burdened with Taxes 13 min 7 Balance of Trade 10 min 8 Of the Manufacturers 12 min 9 Differential Duties 2 min 10 Immense Discovery 8 min 11 Reciprocity 8 min 12 Nominal Prices 8 min 13 Does Protection Raise the Rate of Wages? 11 min 14 Theory, Practice 13 min 15 Conflict of Principles 8 min 16 Reciprocity Again 4 min 17 Obstructed Navigation Pleading for the Prohibitionists 2 min 18 A Negative Railway 2 min 19 There are No Absolute Principles 7 min 20 National Independence 6 min 21 Human Labour, National Labour 12 min 22 Raw Materials 20 min 23 Metaphors 10 min 24 Conclusion 13 min 25 Physiology of Spoliation 36 min 26 Two Principles of Morality 18 min 27 The Two Hatchets 8 min 28 Lower Council of Labour 7 min 29 Dearness: Cheapness 18 min 30 To Artisans and Workmen 22 min 31 A Chinese Story 12 min 32 Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc 4 min 33 The Premium Theft 15 min 34 The Taxgatherer 15 min 35 The Utopian Free: Trader 18 min 36 The Salt: Tax, Rates of Postage, and Customhouse Duties 43 min 37 Demonstration in Four 27 min 38 Something Else 20 min 39 The Little Arsenal of the Free: Trader 12 min 40 The Right Hand and the Left 14 min 41 Domination by Labour 17 min
