Economic Sophisms

This collection of essays dismantles common economic fallacies associated with protectionism and state intervention, arguing through logical analysis and examples that wealth arises from increased productive results rather than amplified toil. It contrasts doctrines that valorize artificial scarcity and monopolies with those that favor machinery, competition, exchange, and the reduction of labor needed to produce goods. Topics include tariffs, balance of trade, taxes, duties, reciprocity, effects of regulation on transport, and moral critiques of spoliation and privilege. The tone mixes polemic, exposition, and satire to reveal unintended consequences of restrictive policies and to advocate freer exchange and clearer economic reasoning.