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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.

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