Question

In "Unfair Competition With the Sun," author Frederic Bastiat requests passage of a law "ordering the shutting up of all windows, skylights, dormer-windows, outside and inside shutters, curtains, blinds, bull's-eyes, in a word, of all openings, holes, chinks, clefts, and fissures." Why did the author make this request? a. He was an economist who failed to understand gains from trade and the importance of wealth creation. b. He was a lobbyist for unionized workers seeking to protect jobs in the domestic candle, wax-light, and oil industry. c. He was a member of the French Parliament using satire to illustrate the foolishness of the arguments used by the proponents of trade restrictions. d. He was a medical scientist seeking to protect residents from a skin cancer epidemic caused by excessive exposure to the sun.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. He was a member of the French Parliament using satire to illustrate the foolishness of the arguments used by the proponents of trade restrictions.

Explanation:

Frédéric Bastiat was an economist, journalist and member of the French parliament in the wing of economic liberalism. Regarding his economic thinking, Bastiat had a strong inclination or liberalism and consumer protection against any kind of corporate authority. For him, the government was responsible for guaranteeing the lives of citizens, individual and commercial freedom and protection of property. Regarding commercial freedom, he presented himself against commercial restrictions, he thought this was a step backwards and satirized those who defended it, as you can see in the question above.