Supposez, si cela vous amuse, que l'étranger nous inonde de toutes sortes de marchandises utiles, sans nous rien demander; que nos importations sont infinies et nos exportations nulles, je vous défie de me prouver que nous en serons plus pauvres.
"Suppose, if that amuses you, that the foreigner inundates us with all sorts of useful goods, asking nothing in return; that our imports are infinite and our exports, nil; I defy you to prove to me that we should be poorer on that account."
Chapitre VI Sophismes Économiques/Chapter 6, Economic Sophisms
Friday, July 31, 2009
The Quotable Bastiat
Posted by Ben Asa Rast at 3:12 PM
Labels: Bastiat, Free trade
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