On le verrait proscrire la charrue, puisque la culture à ongles satisferait son double vœu: le pain plus cher et le travail plus abondant.
Tag: Milton Friedman
III. – EFFORT AND RESULT.
He would be seen to forbid the use of the plough, since cultivation using his nails would satisfy his double desire of making bread more expensive and work more plentiful.
Author’s Introduction to Economic Sophisms
Protection brings together in one single point all the good it does and distributes among the wider mass of people the harm it inflicts.
Introduction à la première série des Sophismes Économiques
La protection réunit sur un point donné le bien qu’elle fait, et infuse dans la masse le mal qu’elle inflige.