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弗雷德里克·巴斯夏：经济诡辩·摘录 179
弗雷德里克·巴斯夏《经济诡辩》· Economic Sophisms · 投资
At length the countryman died, and his son, who succeeded him, said to himself, "My father was a dupe all his life. He purchased oil, and so paid _tribute_ to Provence, whilst our own land, with some pains, can be made to grow the olive. He bought cloth, wine, and oranges, and thus paid tribute to Brittany, Medoc, and Hyères, whilst we can cultivate hemp, the vine, and the orange tree with more or less success. He paid _tribute_ to the miller and the weaver, whilst our own domestics can weave our linen and grind our wheat." In this way he ruined himself, and spent among strangers that money which he might have spent at home.
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定位：Excerpt 179 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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有个农夫一辈子都买外地的油、布、酒和橘子，觉得这是吃亏。他儿子想：我们自己也能种橄榄、亚麻、葡萄和橘子树，何必把钱送给外人？于是决定什么都自己生产。结果呢，他反而破产了，把本来可以花在家乡的钱都花在了外面。核心意思是：盲目追求自给自足，忽视比较优势，会浪费资源。因为各地自然条件不同，自己生产可能成本更高。做法是：先算算自己生产是否真的划算，别为了面子或错觉切断有利的交换。
上下文
巴斯夏《经济诡辩》中的寓言，讽刺重商主义式的自给自足观念，主张自由贸易。
今日一问
你生活中是否也曾为了“不求人”而放弃更划算的交换？
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