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Labour Quotes by David Ricardo
- It is here we come to the heart of the matter. The economic principle of comparative advantage', 'a country may, in return for manufactured commodities,…
- 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…
- A rise of wages from this cause will, indeed, be invariably accompanied by a rise in the price of commodities; but in such cases, it…
- It is not by the absolute quantity of produce obtained by either class, that we can correctly judge of the rate of profit, rent, and…
- But it is clear that the price of labour has no necessary connection with the price of food, since it depends entirely on the supply…
- Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed…
- But a rise in the wages of labour would not equally affect commodities produced with machinery quickly consumed, and commodities produced with machinery slowly consumed.
- If a commodity were in no way useful, - in other words, if it could in no way contribute to our gratification, - it would…
- If the quantity of labour realized in commodities, regulate their exchangeable value, every increase of the quantity of labour must augment the value of that…
- In comparing therefore the value of the same commodity, at different periods of time, the consideration of the comparative skill and intensity of labour, required…
- The proportions, too, in which the capital that is to support labour, and the capital that is invested in tools, machinery and buildings, may be…
- There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits.
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