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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 27 quotes by David Ricardo David Ricardo (18 April 1772 – 11 September 1823) was a British political economist. He was one of the most influential of the classical economists, along with Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith, and James Mill. He began his professional life as a broker and financial market speculator. He amassed a considerable personal fortune, largely from financial market speculation and, having retired, bought a seat in the U.K. Parliament. He held his... Read full biography of David Ricardo → 1 2 3 Ctrl → There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits. 0 Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods. 0 Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour... → 0 The exchangeable value of all commodities, rises as the difficulties of their production increase. 0 In the same manner if any nation wasted part of its wealth, or lost part of its trade, it could not retain the same quantity of circulating medium... → 0 If the demand for home commodities should be diminished, because of the fall of rent on the part of the landlords, it will be increased in a far... → 0 Whenever, then, the usual and ordinary rate of the profits of agricultural stock, and all the outgoings belonging to the cultivation of land, are... → 0 After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would... → 0 In comparing therefore the value of the same commodity, at different periods of time, the consideration of the comparative skill and intensity of... → 0 By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and they may be multiplied, not in one country... → 0 The rise or fall of wages is common to all states of society, whether it be the stationary, the advancing, or the retrograde state. 0 Again two manufacturers may employ the same amount of fixed, and the same amount of circulating capital; but the durability of their fixed capitals... → 0 During the period of capital moving from one employment to another, the profits on that to which capital is flowing will be relatively high, but will... → 0 1 2 3 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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