Lex

Browse

GenresShelvesPremiumBlog

Company

AboutJobsPartnersSell on LexAffiliates

Audio

Lex StudioVoicesFirst chapter freeAudiobook pricingAudiobook samplesAudiobook guidesAudio blog

Resources

DocsInvite FriendsFAQ

Legal

Terms of ServicePrivacy Policygeneral@lex-books.com+1 951-551-2243WhatsApp (international)

© 2026 LexBooks, Inc. All rights reserved.

Sophisms of the Protectionists

Frédéric Bastiat

Sophisms of the Protectionists

Sophisms of the Protectionists

Frédéric Bastiat

Translated by Horace White

Written in 1845 by Frédéric Bastiat, 'Sophisms of the Protectionists' critiques the fallacies behind protectionist economic policies. Bastiat argues that such policies deceive the public and harm consumers by prioritizing certain industries at the expense of broader societal welfare. The work is notable for its clear reasoning and use of repetition to dismantle common arguments for protectionism, making it a significant text in economic literature.

LibriVox

"To rob the public, it is necessary to deceive them," Bastiat said and believed. He reasoned, employing repetition to va...

Editions

Book cover
Audiobook
Human narrated
Human
K

Read by

Katie Riley

11h 6m

Link to this book

Add a free, dofollow link to Lex on your blog, forum, syllabus, or reading list.

Read Sophisms of the Protectionists by Frédéric Bastiat free on Lex
HTML
<a href="https://lex-books.com/book/sophisms-of-the-protectionists-d2b821b9-ae31-4bac-a962-21fcd52cd58c"><img src="https://lex-books.com/badges/read-on-lex.svg" alt="Read Sophisms of the Protectionists by Frédéric Bastiat free on Lex" width="160" height="40"></a>
Markdown
[![Read Sophisms of the Protectionists by Frédéric Bastiat free on Lex](https://lex-books.com/badges/read-on-lex.svg)](https://lex-books.com/book/sophisms-of-the-protectionists-d2b821b9-ae31-4bac-a962-21fcd52cd58c)
BBCode
[url=https://lex-books.com/book/sophisms-of-the-protectionists-d2b821b9-ae31-4bac-a962-21fcd52cd58c][img]https://lex-books.com/badges/read-on-lex.svg[/img][/url]
Plain link
Read Sophisms of the Protectionists by Frédéric Bastiat free on Lex: https://lex-books.com/book/sophisms-of-the-protectionists-d2b821b9-ae31-4bac-a962-21fcd52cd58c

Cite this book

Reading this edition for a paper or guide? Copy a citation.

MLA
Bastiat, Frédéric. Sophisms of the Protectionists. Lex, lex-books.com/book/sophisms-of-the-protectionists-d2b821b9-ae31-4bac-a962-21fcd52cd58c.
APA
Bastiat, F. (n.d.). Sophisms of the Protectionists. Lex. https://lex-books.com/book/sophisms-of-the-protectionists-d2b821b9-ae31-4bac-a962-21fcd52cd58c
Chicago
Bastiat, Frédéric. Sophisms of the Protectionists. Lex. https://lex-books.com/book/sophisms-of-the-protectionists-d2b821b9-ae31-4bac-a962-21fcd52cd58c.

Across the web

aggregate ratings
Internet Archive5.001 rating

More books from this author

Frédéric Bastiat
Frédéric Bastiat
1801-1850

French economist and political theorist known for his advocacy of free-market principles and limited government.

The Law

1850

Frédéric Bastiat

The Law

Harmonies ofPoliticalEconomy:Translate...

Frédéric Bastiat

Harmonies of Political Economy: Translated from the Third French Edition, with a Notice of the Life and Writings of the Author

What is FreeTrade?: AnAdaptationof Freder...

Frédéric Bastiat

ProtectionandCommunism

1849

Frédéric Bastiat

FrédéricBastiat(GutenbergIndex)

Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat (Gutenberg Index)

More books like this

right arrow

A History ofAdvertisingfrom theEarliest...

Henry Sampson

A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times.

A UniqueStory of aMarvellousCareer: L...

Joel Benton

UnitedStatesSteel: ACorporati...

Arundel Cotter

United States Steel: A Corporation with a Soul

ThePsychologyofManagemen...

Lillian Moller Gilbreth

LittleJourneys tothe Homes ofthe Great...

Elbert Hubbard

CommercialLaw

Richard D. Currier

Commercial Law

Cyclopediaof Commerce,Accountancy,Business...

American School of Correspondence

TheEmploymentsof Women: ACyclopædi...

Virginia Penny

The Employments of Women: A Cyclopædia of Woman's Work

Psychologyof the StockMarket

1912

G. C. Selden

Psychology of the Stock Market

Cyclopediaof Commerce,Accountancy,Business...

American School of Correspondence

PosterAdvertising:Being a Talkon the...

George Henry Edward Hawkins

Poster Advertising: Being a Talk on the Subject of Posting as an Advertising Medium, with Helpful Hints and Sensible Suggestions to Poster Advertisers, and with Thirty-Two Pages of Full Color Reproductions of Posters Used by National Advertisers

Captains ofIndustry;Or, Men ofBusiness ...

James Parton

GreatFortunes,and How TheyWere Made

James Dabney McCabe

ThePsychologyofSalesmanship

William Walker Atkinson

The Psychology of Salesmanship

CertainSuccess

1990

Norval A. Hawkins

EmmaMcchesneyand Co.

1915

Edna Ferber