"Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an……" — David Ricardo
"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 in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them."
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David Ricardo
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41 Quotes by David Ricardo
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If then the prosperity of the commercial classes, will most certainly lead to accumulation of capital, and the encouragement of…
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Neither a state nor a bank ever have had unrestricted power of issuing paper money without abusing that power.
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By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour and they…
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For price is everywhere regulated by the return obtained by this last portion of capital, for which no rent whatever…
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There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down....
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After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased,…
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The exchangeable value of all commodities rises as the difficulties of their production increase.
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