Note On Fallacies - Softcover

Francis Lieber

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461485257 ISBN 13: 9780461485257

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Note On Fallacies by Francis Lieber. This pamphlet, published in July 1869 by the American Free Trade League, offers a sustained, polemical critique of protectionist arguments in 19th-century America. Lieber enumerates and methodically debunks a series of fallacies used to justify tariffs and preferential treatment for domestic interests, arguing that such policies harm consumers, distort production, and undermine national prosperity. The sections address capital protection, foreign competition, national independence, pauper labor, militia-like calls for organization of labor, and other familiar protectionist claims, often invoking examples from English and American thought (Bastiat, Channing, Webster, Adams). He contends that wealth arises from free exchange and interdependence rather than artificial restraints, and defends free trade as a natural, universal principle of political economy. The work also includes a descriptive note on the Free Trade League’s activities, finances, and outreach, illustrating a organized effort to promote liberal trade policies in the United States.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461485257
• ISBN 13: 9780461485257
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 55