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The Candlemakers' Petition


NOVEMBER 10, 2009 Claude Frédéric Bastiat"The Candlemakers' Petition" is a well known satire of protectionism written and published in 1845, as part of Bastiat's Economic Sophisms . This audio essay is narrated by Gennady Stolyarov, II.





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