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Frédéric Bastiat:Economic Sophisms, Excerpt 284

Frédéric Bastiat《Economic Sophisms》· Economic Sophisms · Investing

In the question I have treated, each sophism has undoubtedly its own formula, and its special bearing, but all may be traced to a common root, which is, _forgetting men's interests as consumers_. To point out that a thousand errors may be traced to this prolific sophism, is to teach the public to detect it, to estimate it at its true worth, and to distrust it, under all circumstances.

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