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Clear, practical arguments that cut through common economic myths and show how free trade can benefit everyday life.
This edition brings Bastiat’s famous critique of protection and its fallacies into accessible English, with notes to help readers follow the reasoning.
Structured for quick understanding, the book frames key questions about trade, abundance, taxes, and policy in plain language. It uses historical examples and simple logic to explain how restrictions can affect producers, consumers, and the overall economy, without requiring specialized training.- See how protectionist arguments compare with real-world results and everyday commerce.
- Learn to spot common missteps in economic reasoning, like the balance-of-trade fallacy.
- Explore how abundance, production, and exchange influence prices, wages, and growth.
- Find guidance on evaluating policy proposals with clear, practical analysis.
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Popular Fallacies (Classic Reprint)
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the historical and theoretical fallacies in conventional economic thought, with a particular focus on the paradoxical assumption that scarcity is more desirable than abundance. The author argues that the mainstream economic policies of his day, being based on this assumption, were working directly against the well-being of the people. Using an accessible style, the author provides compelling arguments that show increasing the cost of producing goods and services, in the name of protecting key industries from competition, only serves to make life more difficult for the very people that these policies seek to help. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the corrosive effects of policies founded on erroneous logic as well as the economic principles that can truly benefit society as a whole. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781334745799_0
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Popular Fallacies Regarding General Interests Being a Translation of the Sophismes Economiques, Classic Reprint
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