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David Ricardo

David Ricardo
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British economist and politician (1772–1823)

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  1. In his work on political economy, Ricardo repeated and developed further the same views, but nowhere has he investigated the nature of money as such, as he had done in the case of exchange value, profit, rent, etc.

    Karl Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

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  2. My being an habitual inmate of my father's study made me acquainted with the dearest of his friends, David Ricardo, who by his benevolent countenance, and kindliness of manner, was very attractive to young persons, and who, after I became a student of political economy, invited me to his house and to walk with him in order to converse on the subject.

    John Stuart Mill, Autobiography

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  3. The rate of profits depends not upon absolute or real wages, but upon the _value_ of wages. If, however, by value, Mr. Ricardo had meant _exchangeable_ value, his proposition would still have been remote from the truth. Profits depend no more upon the exchangeable value of the labourer's remuneration, than upon its quantity.

    John Stuart Mill, Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy

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Part of Liberalism.

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