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a petition From the Manufacturers of Candles, Tapers, Lanterns, sticks, Street Lamps, Snuffers, and Extinguishers, and from Producers of Tallow, Oil, Resin, Alcohol, and Generally of Everything Connected with Lighting.
26 de feb. de 2023 · The "Candle Maker's Petition" was a complaint written by French economist Bastiat to his government to oppose import tariffs. Bastiat instead favored free markets for...
A Petition from the Manufacturers of Candles, Wax-Lights, Lamps, Chandeliers, Reflectors, Snuffers, Extinguishers; and from the Producers of Tallow, Oil, Resin, Alcohol, and Generally of Every Thing Used for Lights.
Contained within Economic Sophisms is the satirical parable known as the candlemakers' petition in which candlemakers and tallow producers lobby the Chamber of Deputies of the French July Monarchy (1830–1848) to block out the Sun to prevent its unfair competition with their products.
PETICIÓN de los fabricantes de candelas, velas, lámparas, candeleros, faroles, apagavelas, apagadores y productores de sebo, aceite, resina, alcohol y generalmente de todo lo que concierne al alumbrado. A los señores miembros de la Cámara de Diputados. Señores: Ustedes están en el buen camino.
Petition of the Candlemakers. Petition from the manufacturers of candles, wax lights, lamps, chandeliers, reflectors, snuffers, extinguishers; and from the producers of tallow, oil, resin, alcohol, and generally of everything used for lights.
Bastiat’s “A Petition,” usually referred to now as “The Petition of the Candlemakers,” displays his rhetorical skill and rakish tone, as this excerpt illustrates: We are suffering from the ruinous competition of a foreign rival who apparently works under conditions so far superior to our own for the production of light, that he is ...
