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Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
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ISBN13: 9781025928654
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 524
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.05 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Principles of Political Economy and Taxation is a foundational masterpiece of classical economics that fundamentally changed the way we understand wealth distribution and international trade. In this rigorous treatise, David Ricardo examines the laws governing the distribution of the produce of the earth among the three classes of the community: landowners, capitalists, and laborers. He introduces the influential labor theory of value and develops the law of diminishing returns, providing a systematic framework for analyzing wages, profits, and rent.
The work is perhaps most famous for establishing the principle of comparative advantage, a revolutionary concept that remains the bedrock of modern international trade theory. Ricardo argues that nations benefit from specialization and free trade even if one nation is more efficient in producing all goods. Furthermore, he offers a detailed critique of various modes of taxation, assessing their long-term effects on economic growth and capital accumulation. By moving the focus of economic study toward the distribution of income, this work solidified Ricardo's place as a primary architect of economic science, influencing generations of theorists from John Stuart Mill to Karl Marx. It remains an indispensable text for students of history, politics, and economics.
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