num_pages: 291
description: What gives this work its unique quality and places it among the classics of economic literature is not only the logical rigor with which each fallacy is demolished, but the highly original and striking way in which the author uses wit, irony, satire, dialogue, and apologue to reduce erroneous ideas to patent absurdity, as, for example, in his famous petition of the candlemakers for protection against the competition of the sun.
language: English
title: Economic Sophisms
titlecomplete: Economic Sophisms
genres: Classics, History, Finance, Philosophy, Economics, Business, Nonfiction, Political Science, Politics
ratings_count: 670
publisher: Foundation for Economic Education