Download or read book The Economic Basis of Protection (Classic Reprint) written by Simon Nelson Patten and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Economic Basis of Protection The discussion of international trade has always ex cited much interest, and must, for a long time, still command the attention of all thoughtful citizens. A great variety of arguments has been presented to the public and many of them are already fully discussed. Yet there seems to be a place and an Opportunity at the present time for a new discussion of this important problem upon a more fundamental basis than is usually found in former treatises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.