Sophisms of Protection

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Sophisms of Protection

work by Bastiat

Also known as: “Sophismes économiques”

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Frédéric Bastiat
…in his Sophismes économiques (1845; Sophisms of Protection), Bastiat concocted a petition brought by candlemakers who asked for protection against the Sun, suggesting that candlemaking and related industries would greatly profit if the Sun were eliminated as a competitor in furnishing light. Bastiat’s petition became so well known that modern…
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…in his Sophismes économiques (1845; Sophisms of Protection), Bastiat concocted a petition brought by candlemakers who asked for protection against the Sun, suggesting that candlemaking and related industries would greatly profit if the Sun were eliminated as a competitor in furnishing light. Bastiat’s petition became so well known that modern…
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