RT by @NigelBiggar: Biggar’s discussion of it is excellent, but he is right (with unrelated events, like Orissa & the Opium Wars) to criticise the way free trade became axiomatic. It did lead to famines. The Bastiat quip, “where goods don’t cross borders,

Biggar’s discussion of it is excellent, but he is right (with unrelated events, like Orissa & the Opium Wars) to criticise the way free trade became axiomatic. It did lead to famines. The Bastiat quip, “where goods don’t cross borders, armies soon will” is simply untrue.