1st Edition

Protection or Free Trade An Examination of the Tariff Question, With Especial Regard to the Interests of Labour

By Henry George Copyright 1890
    372 Pages
    by Routledge

    372 Pages
    by Routledge

    In this book, first published in 1890, the author endeavours to determine whether protectionism or free trade better accords with the interests of labour – particularly with regards to the raising of wages. He analyses the popularity of protection in the face of the evidence of its fallacies, and examines the principle of free trade and its consequences.

    1. Introduction  2. Clearing Ground  3. Of Method  4. Protection as a Universal Need  5. The Protective Need  6. Trade  7. Production and Producers  8. Tariffs for Revenue  9. Tariffs for Protection  10. The Encouragement of Industry  11. The Home Market and Home Trade  12. Exports and Imports  13. Confusions Arising from the Use of Money  14. Do High Wages Necessitate Protection?  15. Of Advantages and Disadvantages as Reasons for Protection  16. The Development of Manufactures  17. Protection and Producers  18. Effect of Protection on American Industry  19. Protection and Wages  20. The Abolition of Protection  21. Inadequacy of the Fee Trade Agreement  22. The Real Weakness of Free Trade  23. The Real Strength of Protection  24. The Paradox  25. The Robber That Takes All That Is Left  26. True Free Trade  27. The Lion in the Way  28. Free Trade and Socialism  29. Practical Politics  30. Conclusion

    Biography

    Henry George