# Economic Sophisms/11

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* Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1
* CHAPTER I. Abundance, Scarcity................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
* II. Obstacle, Cause................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13
* III. Effort, Result................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
* IV. To Equalize the Conditions of Production................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 24
* V. Our Products are Burdened with Taxes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 39
* VI. Balance of Trade................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 45
* 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
* VIII. Differential Duties................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 63
* IX. Immense Discovery................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 54
* X. Reciprocity................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 58
* XI. Nominal Prices................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 60
* XII. Does Protection Raise the Rate of Wages?................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 64
* XIII. Theory, Practice................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 69
* XIV. Conflict of Principles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 74
* XV. Reciprocity again................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 78
* XVI. Obstructed Navigation pleading for the Prohibitionists................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 79
* XVII. A Negative Railway................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 80
* XVIII. There are No Absolute Principles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 82
* XIX. National Independence................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 84
* XX. Human Labour, National Labour................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 87
* XXI. Raw Materials................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 92
* XXII. Metaphors................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 100
* Conclusion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 104