Economic Sophisms/11

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CONTENTS.

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FIRST SERIES.

1. Page

2. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

3. CHAPTER I.

   Abundance, Scarcity ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   5

4. II.

   Obstacle, Cause ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   13

5. III.

   Effort, Result ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   16

6. IV.

   To Equalize the Conditions of Production ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   24

7. V.

   Our Products are Burdened with Taxes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   39

8. VI.

   Balance of Trade ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   45

9. VII.

   Petition of the Manufacturers of Candles, Wax-lights, Lamps, Candlesticks, Street Lamps, Snuffers, Extinguishers, and of the Producers of Oil, Tallow, Rosin, Alcohol, and, generally, of everything connected with Lighting ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   49

10. VIII.

    Differential Duties ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    63

11. IX.

    Immense Discovery ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    54

12. X.

    Reciprocity ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    58

13. XI.

    Nominal Prices ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    60

14. XII.

    Does Protection Raise the Rate of Wages? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    64

15. XIII.

    Theory, Practice ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    69

16. XIV.

    Conflict of Principles ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    74

17. XV.

    Reciprocity again ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    78

18. XVI.

    Obstructed Navigation pleading for the Prohibitionists ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    79

19. XVII.

    A Negative Railway ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    80

20. XVIII.

    There are No Absolute Principles ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    82

21. XIX.

    National Independence ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    84

22. XX.

    Human Labour, National Labour ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    87

23. XXI.

    Raw Materials ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    92

24. XXII.

    Metaphors ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    100

25. Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    104