The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation - Softcover

Ricardo, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1614279810 ISBN 13: 9781614279815

Publisher: Martino Fine Books, 2016

Synopsis

2016 Reprint of 1911 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. First published in 1817, this title established Ricardo as an important political economist. He concludes that land rent grows as population increases. He also presents the theory of comparative advantage, the theory that free trade between two or more countries can be mutually beneficial, even when one country has an absolute advantage over the other countries in all areas of production. Ricardo claims in the preface that Turgot, Stuart, Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, Sismondi, and others had not written enough "satisfactory information" on the topics of rent, profit, and wages. "Principles of Political Economy" is Ricardo's effort to fill that gap in the literature. Regardless of whether the book achieved that goal, it secured Ricardo's position among the great classical economists Adam Smith, Thomas Robert Malthus, John Stuart Mill, and Karl Marx.

About this title

About the Author:

David Ricardo became a stockbroker at the age of 21 and slowly became a recognized economic scholar in England. Though he retired at 42, he spent the following years of his life concentrating on his writing and research.

About this edition

• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1614279810
• ISBN 13: 9781614279815
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316