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弗雷德里克·巴斯夏:经济诡辩·摘录 136

弗雷德里克·巴斯夏《经济诡辩》· Economic Sophisms · 投资

Now, it is precisely the _gratuitous half_ (pardon the word) which we contend should be excluded. You say, How can natural labour sustain competition with foreign labour, when the former has all the work to do, and the latter only does one-half, the sun supplying the remainder? But if this half being gratuitous, determines you to exclude competition, how should the whole, being gratuitous, induce you to admit competition? If you were consistent, you would, while excluding as hurtful to native industry what is half gratuitous, exclude _a fortiori_ and with double zeal, that which is altogether gratuitous.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44145
定位:Excerpt 136 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

我们主张排除的,恰恰是那“免费的一半”。你们说:本国劳动要完成全部工作,外国劳动只做一半,另一半由太阳免费提供,这怎么能竞争?可是,如果因为一半免费就排除竞争,那么整个都免费时,你们怎么反而允许竞争?如果你们前后一致,就该在排除一半免费的东西时,更坚决地排除完全免费的东西。可见保护主义的逻辑自相矛盾。

上下文

巴斯夏在《经济诡辩》中总结阳光垄断的论证,指出保护主义对“免费”的态度前后不一。

今日一问

如果免费是好事,为什么只拒绝一半免费的进口?

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