What is Free Trade?: An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader
1867
What is Free Trade?: An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader
1867
Economics, Politics
Translated by Alexander Del Mar
'What is Free Trade?' is an economic treatise by Frédéric Bastiat, first published in 1867, that critiques protectionist policies in favor of free trade. Bastiat argues that tariffs create artificial scarcity and harm consumers while benefiting select industries. He employs wit and irony to dismantle economic fallacies, making complex ideas accessible to the American reader. This adaptation of his earlier work 'Sophismes Économiques' remains significant for its logical rigor and satirical approach to economic discourse.
