Candlemakers' petition

The Candlemakers' petition is a well known satire of protectionism written and published by Frederic Bastiat in 1845, in which candlemakers[?] and industrialists from other corporations petition the legislative body to make a law to protect their trade from the unfair competition of a foreign power: the sun.

External Links

• The text of the petition (http://bastiat.org/en/petition.html), as translated into English .
• The original text (http://bastiat.org/fr/petition.html), in French.