投资 · 西方古典
弗雷德里克·巴斯夏：经济诡辩·摘录 34
弗雷德里克·巴斯夏《经济诡辩》· Economic Sophisms · 投资
Then statesmen intervene. They have the disposal of the public force; and what more natural than to make it available for developing and multiplying obstacles, since this is developing and multiplying wealth? They say, for example: If we prevent the importation of iron from places where it is abundant, we place an obstacle in the way of its being procured. This obstacle, keenly felt at home, will induce men to pay in order to be set free from it. A certain number of our fellow-citizens will devote themselves to combating it, and this obstacle will make their fortune. The greater the obstacle is--that is, the scarcer, the more inaccessible, the more difficult to transport, the more distant from the place where it is to be used, the mineral sought for becomes--the more hands will be engaged in the various ramifications of this branch of industry. Exclude, then, foreign iron, create an obstacle, for you thereby create the labour which is to overcome it.
出处：
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44145
定位：Excerpt 34 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
然后政治家介入，他们掌握公共武力，自然想用它来发展和增加障碍，因为据说这样能发展财富。比如他们说：阻止从铁多的地方进口铁，就设置了获取铁的障碍；国内深感不便，就会付钱求摆脱；一批同胞专门去克服它，这个障碍就让他们发财。障碍越大——铁越稀缺、越难获取、运输越难、离使用地越远——这个行业各环节就吸纳越多人力。所以排斥外国铁，制造障碍，你就创造了克服它的劳动。这看似有理，实则让消费者多付钱，把资源浪费在低效生产上。
上下文
巴斯夏揭示政治家如何以公共武力制造障碍（如关税），并宣称能创造就业。
今日一问
你支持用关税制造障碍来“保护就业”吗？谁最终买单？
公版作品；原文逐字取自 Project Gutenberg，仅摘录段落并附全书链接。
你的邮箱
只用于发送原典。不发广告，不卖名单。
本文本为公版；底本与原文链接见上。 版权