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Frédéric Bastiat:Economic Sophisms, Excerpt 6

Frédéric Bastiat《Economic Sophisms》· Economic Sophisms · Investing

Does not M. d'Argout urge as an argument against sugar-growing the very productiveness of that industry? Does he not say, "Beetroot has no future, and its culture cannot be extended, because a few acres devoted to its culture in each department would supply the whole consumption of France?" Then, in his eyes, good lies in sterility, in dearth, and evil in fertility and abundance.

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