Category
Commerce
Frank William Taussig
Some Aspects of the Tariff Question
Taussig, a professor of economics at Harvard, wrote what has become a classic work on modern trade theory that critically examines the economic implications of tariffs and protectionism. Taussig explores how tariffs influence domestic industries, trade relations, and economic growth, offering insights into the complex dynamics of international commerce. .
Open the reader →Frédéric Bastiat
Economic Sophisms (FEE ed.)
The Foundation for Economic Education's translation of Bastiat’s series of short essays in which he tries to correct common misunderstandings about the free market.
Open the reader →Francis W. Hirst
Free Trade and Other Fundamental Doctrines of the Manchester School
A collection of speeches and articles illustrating the broad range of views of the British classical liberals and free traders of the 19th century known as the Manchester School. They cover foreign policy, free trade, the repeal of the corn laws, war, colonial policy, education , and social reform. They were written by Richard Cobden, John Bright, Thomas Tooke, Joseph Hume, W.J. Fox, Milner Gibson, and William Molesworth. They were edited by Francis W. Hirst.
Open the reader →Eli F. Heckscher
The Continental System: An Economic Interpretation
The great Swedish economist, Heckscher’s, first effort to show how interventionist economic policies fail. He began with this 1918 study of Napoleon’s effort to wage economic warfare against the British known as The Continental System. His later and better known work in a similar vein was his 2 volume study of the system of economic regulation in the 18th century known as Mercantilism.
Open the reader →Sir Dudley North
Discourses Upon Trade
North ’s <i>Discourses upon Trade</i> is one of the earliest attempts to theorize as a whole the workings of a market economy in England. There are two discourses: one concerning "the abatement of interest" and the other on "coyned money".
Open the reader →Daniel Webster
State Papers and Speeches on the Tariff
Taussig has collected speeches and reports by Alexander Hamilton, Albert Gallatin, R.J. Walker, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster on the issue of free trade and tariffs. He used these documents in his course at Harvard University on the History of the Tariff.
Open the reader →Frank William Taussig
“Tariff”
The 11th edition of the <i>Encyclopedia Britannica</i> was the last edition which appeared before the First World War destroyed the old liberal order in Europe. The next edition, the 12th, reproduced the 11th edition with the addition of 4 supplementary volumes which covered the war and its immediate aftermath. This article was part of the 11th edition.
Open the reader →