Investing · Western classics

Frédéric Bastiat:Economic Sophisms, Excerpt 270

Frédéric Bastiat《Economic Sophisms》· Economic Sophisms · Investing

And what distinguishes our remittance of £20,000 which we have made to Germany from a tribute paid to her is this, that she has not received the money gratuitously, but has given us in exchange a thousand horses, which we have judged to be worth the £20,000.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44145
Locator:Excerpt 270 · Verified:2026-10-19 · Verification:Short excerpt

Today's question

Does this passage change one judgment about money or risk today?

公版作品;原文逐字取自 Project Gutenberg,仅摘录段落并附全书链接。

This text is in the public domain. The edition and source link are above. Copyright

← Back to the library