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Harriet Martineau condemns tariffs as a “vicious aristocratic principle” designed to harm the ordinary working man and woman (1861)
I perceive you ground your disapprobation of the protective system on the injustice and unkindnes...
Spencer on spontaneous order produced by “the beneficent working of social forces” (1879)
Which is the more misleading, belief without evidence, or refusal to believe in presence of overw...
Herbert Spencer on “the seen” and “the unseen” consequences of the actions of politicians (1884)
The incident is recalled to me on contemplating the ideas of the so-called “practical” politician...
William Graham Sumner on how “society” helps the drunkard in the gutter (1883)
When you see a drunkard in the gutter, you are disgusted, but you pity him. When a policeman come...
Mandeville on the social cooperation which is required to produce a piece of scarlet cloth (1723)
What a Bustle is there to be made in several Parts of the World, before a fine Scarlet or crimson...
Sumner on the industrial system as an example of social co-operation (c. 1900)
The modern industrial system is a great (example of) social co-operation. It is automatic and ins...
Jean-Baptiste Say regards regulations which favor producers as a form of political privilege at the expence of the community (1803)
But personal interest is no longer a safe criterion, if individual interests are not left to coun...
Henry George on how trade sanctions hurt domestic consumers (1886)
Free trade consists simply in letting people buy and sell as they want to buy and sell. It is pro...
Mises on the public sector as “tax eaters” who “feast” on the assets of the ordinary tax payer (1953)
The financial embarrassment of the main European countries is predominantly caused by the bankrup...