Contents 
Introduction ...9 
Further Reading 25 
Kurt Tucholsky (1932): A Poem to Set the Tone 26
Adam Smith (1776): A Critique of Mercantilism .......... 29 
David Ricardo (1817): The Argument in Favour of Free Trade: Comparative Advantage ... 47 
Richard Cobden (1844): Against the Economy of Privileges .62 
Frederic Bastiat (1846): Protection from the Sun ......... 67
Henry George (1886): Should "Infant Industries" be Protected? ... 75 
Ludwig von Mises (1927): Free Trade as a Peace Policy ... 83 
Gottfried Haberler(1933): Free trade, monopolies and wages 93 
Jagdish Bhagwati (1988): Multilateralism and Development 99 
Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1995): Protectionism: The Modern Imperialism 110 
C. Christian von Weizsacker (1999): The Ethics of the International Capital Market 130 
Mario Vargas Llosa (2000): More Globalisation, More Democracy! 138 
About the Editor 150