ISBN: 9781330551431 - the tariff: protection vs, free trade (classic reprint) (3 risultati)

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book challenges traditional protectionist rhetoric, advocating instead for free trade as the most effective engine of prosperity for free societies. The author, a prominent industrialist of the late 19th century, argues that the so-called protective tariffs, levied on foreign goods, emerge not from a concern for the poor, but from a desire among industrialists to use government policy to inflate their own profits. These policies, the author argues, ultimately hurt the very people they claim to help, artificially raising prices on goods for low-income families, while failing to deliver promised prosperity to American industry. The author shows that it is not a nationâs internal tariff policy that ultimately determines its economic vitality, but rather the degree of freedom it allows its people to engage in trade. The author grounds his arguments in the history of the United States and England, tracing the development of their trade policies and demonstrating the benefits that free trade has brought to the latter nation, even as it has become a global industrial leader. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…