Economic Sophisms and What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen.

Intro -- Frédéric Bastiat / Economic Sophisms and "What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen", (2016) -- Front Matter -- Half Title Page, p. i -- Frontispiece, p. iii -- Full Title Page, p. v -- Copyright Page, p. vi -- Contents, p. vii -- Foreword, p. xi -- General Editor's Note, p. xv -- Note on the Translation, p. xvii -- Key Terms, p. xxxi -- Note on the Editions of the OEuvres complètes, p. xxxv -- Abbreviations, p. xxxvii -- Acknowledgments, p. xli -- A Chronology of Bastiat's Life and Work, p. xliii -- Introduction, p. xlix -- A Note on the Publishing History of Economic Sophisms and What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen, p. lxxv -- Map of France Showing Cities Mentioned by Bastiat, p. lxxxiii -- Map of Southwestern France, p. lxxxiv -- Part: Economic Sophisms and "What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen", p. 1 -- Economic Sophisms First Series, p. 1 -- Author's Introduction to Economic Sophisms, p. 3 -- 1. Abundance and Scarcity, p. 7 -- 2. Obstacle and Cause, p. 15 -- 3. Effort and Result, p. 18 -- 4. Equalizing the Conditions of Production, p. 25 -- 5. Our Products Are Weighed Down with Taxes, p. 39 -- 6. The Balance of Trade, p. 44 -- 7. Petition by the Manufacturers of Candles, Etc., p. 49 -- 8. Differential Duties, p. 53 -- 9. An Immense Discovery!!!, p. 54 -- 10. Reciprocity, p. 57 -- 11. Nominal Prices, p. 61 -- 12. Does Protection Increase the Rate of Pay?, p. 64 -- 13. Theory and Practice, p. 69 -- 14. A Conflict of Principles, p. 75 -- 15. More Reciprocity, p. 78 -- 16. Blocked Rivers Pleading in Favor of the Prohibitionists, p. 80 -- 17. A Negative Railway, p. 81 -- 18. There Are No Absolute Principles, p. 83 -- 19. National Independence, p. 85 -- 20. Human Labor and Domestic Labor, p. 88 -- 21. Raw Materials, p. 92 -- 22. Metaphors, p. 100 -- Conclusion, p. 104 -- Economic Sophisms Second Series, p. 111 -- 1. The Physiology of Plunder, p. 113.

2. Two Moral Philosophies, p. 131 -- 3. The Two Axes, p. 138 -- 4. The Lower Council of Labor, p. 142 -- 5. High Prices and Low Prices, p. 146 -- 6. To Artisans and Workers, p. 155 -- 7. A Chinese Tale, p. 163 -- 8. Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc, p. 168 -- 9. Theft by Subsidy, p. 170 -- 10. The Tax Collector, p. 179 -- 11. The Utopian, p. 187 -- 12. Salt, the Mail, and the Customs Service, p. 198 -- 13. Protection, or the Three Municipal Magistrates, p. 214 -- 14. Something Else, p. 226 -- 15. The Free Trader's Little Arsenal, p. 234 -- 16. The Right Hand and the Left Hand, p. 240 -- 17. Domination through Work, p. 248 -- Economic Sophisms "Third Series", p. 255 -- 1. Recipes for Protectionism, p. 257 -- 2. Two Principles, p. 261 -- 3. M. Cunin-Gridaine's Logic, p. 268 -- 4. One Profit versus Two Losses, p. 271 -- 5. On Moderation, p. 277 -- 6. The People and the Bourgeoisie, p. 281 -- 7. Two Losses versus One Profit, p. 287 -- 8. The Political Economy of the Generals, p. 293 -- 9. A Protest, p. 296 -- 10. The Spanish Association for the Defense of National Employment and the Bidassoa Bridge, p. 299 -- 11. The Specialists, p. 305 -- 12. The Man Who Asked Embarrassing Questions, p. 309 -- 13. The Fear of a Word, p. 318 -- 14. Anglomania, Anglophobia, p. 327 -- 15. One Man's Gain Is Another Man's Loss, p. 341 -- 16. Making a Mountain Out of a Molehill, p. 343 -- 17. A Little Manual for Consumers -- in Other Words, for Everyone, p. 350 -- 18. The Mayor of Énios, p. 355 -- 19. Antediluvian Sugar, p. 365 -- 20. Monita Secreta: The Secret Book of Instructions, p. 371 -- 21. The Immediate Relief of the People, p. 377 -- 22. A Disastrous Remedy, p. 379 -- 23. Circulars from a Government That Is Nowhere to Be Found, p. 380 -- 24. Disastrous Illusions, p. 384 -- What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen, or Political Economy in One Lesson, p. 401.

[The Author's Introduction], p. 403 -- 1. The Broken Window, p. 405 -- 2. Dismissing Members of the Armed Forces, p. 407 -- 3. Taxes, p. 410 -- 4. Theaters and the Fine Arts, p. 413 -- 5. Public Works, p. 419 -- 6. The Middlemen, p. 422 -- 7. Trade Restrictions, p. 427 -- 8. Machines, p. 432 -- 9. Credit, p. 437 -- 10. Algeria, p. 439 -- 11. Thrift and Luxury, p. 443 -- 12. The Right to Work and the Right to Profit, p. 449 -- Appendixes, p. 453 -- Appendix 1. Further Aspects of Bastiat's Life and Thought, p. 455 -- Appendix 2. The French State and Politics, p. 486 -- Appendix 3. Economic Policy and Taxation, p. 497 -- Appendix 4. French Government's Budgets for Fiscal Years 1848 and 1849, p. 509 -- Appendix 5. Mark Twain and the Australian Negative Railroad, p. 517 -- Appendix 6. Bastiat's Revolutionary Magazines, p. 520 -- Addendum: Additional Material by Bastiat, p. 523 -- A Few Words about the Title of Our Journal The French Republic" (La République Française, 26 February 1848), p. 524 -- The Subprefectures," 29 February 1848, La République Française, p. 525 -- Bastiat's Speech on "Disarmament and Taxes" (August 1849), p. 526 -- Glossaries, p. 533 -- Glossary of Persons, p. 533 -- Glossary of Places, p. 565 -- Glossary of Newspapers and Journals, p. 567 -- Glossary of Subjects and Terms, p. 572 -- Bibliographical Note on the Works Cited in This Volume, p. 585 -- Bibliography, p. 587 -- Index, p. 611 -- Colophon, p. 641.

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