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Excerpt from Plain Economic Facts, for All People The reader will notice that this book manuscript was written in the Winter Of 1893-4, and deals with all available statistics up to that date. For many reasons, not here and now relevant, but the reader may divine some Of them, it was not published until now But as monetary mat ters are Older than history, and even Older than well founded tradition, and also that they will be ever new as long as mankind inhabits this world, then it can be undoubt edly seen or understood that the conditions existing in one decade or so will have their relative influence on a near succeeding one, and also that if all statistics were brought out down to date, they would only corroborate strongly, tend to certify the prophetic sayings and warnings, and more appallingly describe and prove the social bane and blight Of our present and past financial system, than those feebly and scantily, laid down in these pages. As many Of the public characters or seryants have passed over the range requiescat eu pace vel hades - since these pages were scribbled, and as we try to hold to public view their divers public sayings and actions, as we have every right to chas tise or criticise our servants whom we pay from our hard earnings to legislate and administrate for us and never promise to present them with plenary packages Of putrescent praise, but proudly permit no one to trespass on the private or sacred precincts Of personality or real prince pater familias, yet we' are aware Of the fact that whomsoever advances or defends a fixed fiat or a fleeting fad will find followers flocking to flay the adversary of their divine theories. N ow, if any such there be upon whose corns we have too severely trod, or whose finest sensibilities we have wounded, we will only use now the trite saying, Cap fit him, cap wear him, and will only ask, not for commendation, but for loud and public condemnation or criticism, for of all the 1mps we despise the most the silent or sly imp, or angel, as we believe that discussion and dissatisfaction are the two tangefit tracks leading at their apex or junction to the haven of perfection. Respectfully. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Plain Economic Facts, for All People The reader will notice that this book manuscript was written in the winter of 1893-4, and deals with all available statistics up to that date. For many reasons, not here and now relevant, but the reader may divine some of them, it was not published until now (1909). But as monetary matters are older than history, and even older than well-founded tradition, and also that they will be ever new as long as mankind inhabits this world, then it can be undoubtedly seen or understood that the conditions existing in one decade or so will have their relative influence on a near succeeding one, and also that if all statistics were brought out down to date, they would only corroborate strongly, tend to certify the prophetic sayings and warnings, and more appallingly describe and prove the social bane and blight of our present and past financial system, than those feebly and scantily laid down in these pages. As many of the public characters or servants have passed over the range - requiescat en pace vel hades - since these pages were scribbled, and as we try to hold to public view their divers public sayings and actions, as we have every right to chastise or criticise our servants whom we pay from our hard earnings to legislate and administrate for us and never promise to present them with plenary packages of putrescent praise, but proudly permit no one to trespass on the private or sacred precincts of personality or real prince paterfamilias, yet we are aware of the fact that whomsoever advances or defends a fixed fiat or a fleeting fad will find followers flocking to flay the adversary of their divine theories. Now, if any such there be upon whose corns we have too severely trod, or whose finest sensibilities we have wounded, we will only use now the trite saying, "Cap fit him, cap wear him," and will only ask, not for commendation, but for loud and public condemnation or criticism, for of all the imps we despise the most the silent or sly imp, or angel, as we believe that discussion and dissatisfaction are the two tangent tracks leading at their apex or junction to the haven of perfection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Thomas Sowell “both surprises and overturns received wisdom” in this indispensable examination of widespread economic fallacies (The Economist) Economic Facts and Fallacies exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues-and does so in a lively manner and without requiring any prior knowledge of economics by the reader. These include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as mistaken ideas about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, as well as economics fallacies about academia, about race, and about Third World countries. One of the themes of Economic Facts and Fallacies is that fallacies are not simply crazy ideas but in fact have a certain plausibility that gives them their staying power-and makes careful examination of their flaws both necessary and important, as well as sometimes humorous. Written in the easy-to-follow style of the author's Basic Economics, this latest book is able to go into greater depth, with real world examples, on specific issues.
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Excerpt from Facts and Figures the Basis of Economic Science I was called upon early in April, 1904, to prepare two papers on "The True Method of Protection" and one on "The Tendency to Individualism." I have been able to give to them only the spare hours left me in a busy life. I could only bring them to completion at this date, June, 1904, and I have sent them to press without such complete revision and condensation as would be suitable, because if they are to have any influence, now is the time when the facts given should be known. I submit them for what they may be worth, in the hope that they may at least lead to a more complete investigation on the lines indicated, and in some measure do away with the delusions that exist for want of definition in the terms and demonstration in the methods by which the great body of the unorganized consumers of this country are subjected to privation under a policy now miscalled Protection. If the facts can be made plain as to the small relative number of those who attempt to secure profits by taxes on imports compared to the very large number of those who pay taxes that the government does not receive; and also as compared to the relatively much greater number of the persons directly interested in free exports and therefore in free imports, there may be little difficulty in taking the tariff question out of partisan politics and adjusting duties on imports on a basis of true protection. Such is the purpose of these two treatises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.