TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ricardo,David
TI  - On the principles of political economy and taxation
T2  - Cambridge library collection. British and Irish History, nineteenth century
SN  - 9781107589421 (ebook)
AV  - HB161 .R485 2015
U1  - 330.153 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Economics
KW  - Taxation
KW  - Classical school of economics
N1  - Originally published: London : John Murray, 1817; Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - This work, originally published in 1817, is one of the founding texts of modern economics. Enormously successful as a stockbroker, David Ricardo (1772-1823) was able to lead the life of a wealthy country squire, while his intellectual interests caused him to move in the circles of Thomas Malthus and James Mill. It was at Mill's urging that Ricardo published this book, entered Parliament in 1819 (as an independent member for a rotten Irish borough) and worked for financial and parliamentary reform. Ricardo argues in this work that Adam Smith was mistaken in his understanding of the economic significance of rent, and also demonstrates the mutual benefit of free trade between countries, as against protectionism. The book's findings and conclusions have been controversial since its publication, but led John Stuart Mill to judge Ricardo'the greatest political economist'
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107589421
ER  -