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CONTENTS

[ TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. ]

[ ECONOMIC SOPHISMS. FIRST SERIES. ]

[ INTRODUCTION. ]

[ I. ABUNDANCE, SCARCITY. ]

[ II. OBSTACLE, CAUSE. ]

[ III. EFFORT, RESULT. ]

[ IV. TO EQUALIZE THE CONDITIONS OF PRODUCTION. ]

[ V. OUR PRODUCTS ARE BURDENED WITH TAXES. ]

[ VI. BALANCE OF TRADE. ]

[ VII. OF THE MANUFACTURERS ]

[ VIII. DIFFERENTIAL DUTIES. ]

[ IX. IMMENSE DISCOVERY. ]

[ X. RECIPROCITY. ]

[ XI. NOMINAL PRICES. ]

[ XII. DOES PROTECTION RAISE THE RATE OF WAGES? ]

[ XIII. THEORY, PRACTICE. ]

[ XIV. CONFLICT OF PRINCIPLES. ]

[ XV. RECIPROCITY AGAIN. ]

[ XVI. OBSTRUCTED NAVIGATION PLEADING FOR THE PROHIBITIONISTS. ]

[ XVII. A NEGATIVE RAILWAY. ]

[ XVIII. THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTE PRINCIPLES. ]

[ XIX. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE. ]

[ XX. HUMAN LABOUR, NATIONAL LABOUR. ]

[ XXI. RAW MATERIALS. ]

[ XXII. METAPHORS. ]

[ CONCLUSION. ]

[ SECOND SERIES. ]

[ I. PHYSIOLOGY OF SPOLIATION. ]

[ II. TWO PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY. ]

[ III. THE TWO HATCHETS. ]

[ IV. LOWER COUNCIL OF LABOUR. ]

[ V. DEARNESS-CHEAPNESS. ]

[ VI. TO ARTISANS AND WORKMEN. ]

[ VII. A CHINESE STORY. ]

[ VIII. POST HOC, ERGO PROPTER HOC. ]

[ IX. THE PREMIUM THEFT. ]

[ X. THE TAXGATHERER. ]

[ XI. THE UTOPIAN FREE-TRADER. ]

[ XII. THE SALT-TAX, RATES OF POSTAGE, AND CUSTOMHOUSE DUTIES. ]

[ XIII. PROTECTION; OR, THE THREE CITY MAGISTRATES. Demonstration in Four ]

[ XIV. SOMETHING ELSE. ]

[ XV. THE LITTLE ARSENAL OF THE FREE-TRADER. ]

[ XVI. THE RIGHT HAND AND THE LEFT. ]

[ XVII. DOMINATION BY LABOUR. ]