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SECOND SERIES.

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Chapter I. The Physiology of Plunder original: "Physiology of Spoliation." Bastiat uses this term to describe the various ways people and groups use the law to take the wealth of others., . . . . . . . . 111
II. Two Principles of Morality, . . . . . . . 128
III. The Two Hatchets, . . . . . . . . 136
IV. The Lower Council of Labor, . . . . . . . 139
V. High Prices, Low Prices original: "Dearness, Cheapness.", . . . . . . . . 142
VI. To Artisans and Workmen, . . . . . . . 151
VII. A Chinese Story, . . . . . . . . 159
VIII. After This, Therefore Because of This original: "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc." A logical fallacy where someone assumes that because one event happened after another, the first event must have caused the second., . . . . . . 163
IX. The Theft by Subsidy original: "The Premium Theft." In this context, "premium" refers to government-granted bounties or subsidies paid to certain industries., . . . . . . . . 165
X. The Tax Collector original: "Taxgatherer.", . . . . . . . . 173
XI. The Utopian Free-Trader, . . . . . . . 178
XII. The Salt Tax, Rates of Postage, and Customs Duties, . . . . . . . . . . . 186
XIII. Protectionism; or, the Three City Magistrates, . . 200
XIV. Something Else, . . . . . . . . 210
XV. The Little Arsenal of the Free-Trader, . . . 218
XVI. The Right Hand and the Left A reference to Bastiat's satire on "Sisyphism," where he suggests that if we want to create more work, we should forbid the use of our more efficient right hands., . . . . . 224
XVII. Domination Through Labor, . . . . . . . 230