Volume IV of this series presents the unabridged text of Protection or Free Trade (1886). Read into the U.S. Congressional Record in its entirety in 1892, Protection or Free Trade is one of the most well articulated defenses in the nineteenth century for the free exchange of goods, services, and labor. By exposing the monopolistic practices and the privileging of special interests in the trade policies of his time, George constructed a monumental theoretical bulwark against the apologists for protective tariffs and diverse trade preferences. Free trade today is often associated with a neo-liberal agenda that oppresses working people. In Protection or Free Trade George argues that free trade, when linked with land value taxation or the systematic collection of economic rent, reduces wealth and income inequality. True free trade elevates the condition of labor to a degree far greater than any form of trade protectionism.
The full and original text of Protection or Free Trade presented in Volume IV of The Annotated Works of Henry George is supplemented by annotations which explain George’s many references to the trade policies and disputes of his day. A new index augments accessibility to the text, the annotations, and their key terms. The introductory essay by Professor William S. Peirce, “Henry George and the Theory and Politics of Trade,” provides the historical, political, and conceptual context for George’s debates with the prominent political economists and trade experts of his time. Trade barriers typically serve the interests of a few and impede the overall economic progress of society. Protectionism fosters poverty and animates global conflict. The development of trade policy cannot be pursued in isolation from the broader principles of sound economics and a radical tax reform that benefits labor.
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Copyright year
2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-68393-197-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-68393-198-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
250
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Henry George and the Theory and Politics of Trade No access
Protection or Free Trade No access
Dedication No access
Preface No access
Chapter One: Introductory No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter Two: Clearing Ground No access Pages 9 - 16
Chapter Three: Of Method No access Pages 17 - 20
Chapter Four: Protection as a Universal Need No access Pages 21 - 26
Chapter Five: The Protective Unit No access Pages 27 - 32
Chapter Six: Trade No access Pages 33 - 42
Chapter Seven: Production and Producers No access Pages 43 - 48
Chapter Eight: Tariffs for Revenue No access Pages 49 - 56
Chapter Nine: Tariffs for Protection No access Pages 57 - 66
Chapter Ten: The Encouragement of Industry No access Pages 67 - 72
Chapter Eleven: The Home Market and Home Trade No access Pages 73 - 78
Chapter Twelve: Exports and Imports No access Pages 79 - 86
Chapter Thirteen: Confusions Arising from the Use of Money No access Pages 87 - 94
Chapter Fourteen: Do High Wages Necessitate Protection? No access Pages 95 - 100
Chapter Fifteen: Of Advantages and Disadvantages as Reasons for Protection No access Pages 101 - 106
Chapter Sixteen: The Development of Manufactures No access Pages 107 - 116
Chapter Seventeen: Protection and Producers No access Pages 117 - 126
Chapter Eighteen: Effects of Protection on American Industry No access Pages 127 - 136
Chapter Nineteen: Protection and Wages No access Pages 137 - 150
Chapter Twenty: The Abolition of Protection No access Pages 151 - 156
Chapter Twenty-one: Inadequacy of the Free-Trade Argument No access Pages 157 - 160
Chapter Twenty-two: The Real Weakness of Free Trade No access Pages 161 - 170
Chapter Twenty-three: The Real Strength of Protection No access Pages 171 - 178
Chapter Twenty-four: The Paradox No access Pages 179 - 188
Chapter Twenty-five: The Robber That Takes All That Is Left No access Pages 189 - 196
