Project Gutenberg 2010-07-31 Public domain in the USA. 634 Ricardo, David 1772 1823 18015237 On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation On value -- On rent -- On the rent of mines -- On natural and market price -- On wages -- On profits -- On foreign trade -- On taxes -- Taxes on raw produce -- Taxes on rent -- Tithes -- Land-tax -- Taxes on gold -- Taxes on houses -- Taxes on profits -- Taxes on wages -- Taxes on other commodities than raw produce -- Poor rates -- On sudden changes in the channels of trade -- Value and riches, their distinctive properties -- Effects of accumulation on profits and interest -- Bounties on exportation, and prohibitions of importation -- On bounties on production -- Doctrine of Adam Smith concerning the rent of land -- On colonial trade -- On gross and net revenue -- On currency and banks -- On the comparative value of gold, corn, and labour, in rich and in poor countries -- Taxes paid by the producer -- On the influence of demand and supply on prices -- Mr. Malthus's opinions on rent. Produced by Fritz Ohrenschall, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Posner Memorial Collection (http://posner.library.cmu.edu/Posner/)) "On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation" by David Ricardo is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This work is foundational in the field of economics, exploring the concepts of value, rent, wages, and profit among others, and aiming to uncover the laws governing the distribution of wealth in society. Ricardo engages with and critiques the ideas of previous economic theorists, particularly addressing the principles of rent and wages that affect the relationships between different classes in society. The opening of the text begins with a preface where Ricardo outlines the necessity of understanding the distribution of produce from land and the roles of different societal classes—landowners, capitalists, and laborers—in this economic framework. He emphasizes the impact of land fertility and population density on the distribution of wealth and presents the central argument that variations in rent and wages arise from differing levels of agricultural productivity and accumulated capital. This foundation sets the stage for an in-depth analysis of value and price, as well as the intrinsic link between labor, capital, and the dynamics of political economy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Economics HB Text Browsing: Economics Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology 831816 830889 2024-09-14T06:47:29.121203 2023-09-14T11:27:12.517973 text/html text/html 830492 2021-01-06T21:41:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 245920 2021-01-06T21:41:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 325578 2024-09-14T06:47:43.405130 application/epub+zip 333438 2024-09-14T06:47:32.935197 application/epub+zip 333437 2024-09-14T06:47:30.993193 application/epub+zip 647112 2024-09-14T06:47:49.931123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 589537 2024-09-14T06:47:41.374174 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 589579 2022-09-15T09:10:39.108427 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 714548 714279 2024-09-14T06:47:27.160210 2023-09-14T11:27:10.574949 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 714398 2021-01-06T21:41:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 222890 2021-01-06T21:41:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 714388 2021-01-06T21:41:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 222844 2021-01-06T21:41:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20986 2024-09-14T06:47:50.098097 application/rdf+xml 18148 2024-09-14T06:47:31.407219 image/jpeg 4011 2024-09-14T06:47:31.199203 image/jpeg 304038 2024-09-14T06:47:29.181258 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog