On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation

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book treatise

On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation is an 1817 treatise by David Ricardo that systematically develops classical economic theories such as comparative advantage, rent, wages, and profits.

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instanceOf	book ⓘ treatise ⓘ
alternativeTitle	On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation ⓘ surface form: Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
argues	international trade can benefit countries even when one is more productive in all goods ⓘ profits tend to fall as land of lower quality is brought into cultivation ⓘ
author	David Ricardo ⓘ
canonicalStatus	classic work in economics ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateWritten	early 1810s ⓘ
describes	distribution of income between landlords, workers, and capitalists ⓘ
economicSchool	classical school of economics ⓘ
firstEditionPlace	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
followedBy	later editions with revisions by David Ricardo ⓘ
genre	economics literature ⓘ
hasImpactOn	development of trade policy theory ⓘ policy debates on the Corn Laws ⓘ theory of income distribution ⓘ
hasPart	chapter on foreign trade ⓘ chapter on profits ⓘ chapter on rent ⓘ chapter on taxes ⓘ chapter on value ⓘ chapter on wages ⓘ
historicalPeriod	classical economics era ⓘ
influenced	John Stuart Mill ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ international trade theory ⓘ neoclassical economics ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	classical economics ⓘ comparative advantage ⓘ Corn Laws debate ⓘ surface form: corn laws distribution of income ⓘ economic rent ⓘ international trade ⓘ political economy ⓘ profits ⓘ taxation ⓘ value theory ⓘ wages ⓘ
precededBy	The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes ⓘ
proposesTheory	labor theory of value (Ricardian version) ⓘ theory of comparative advantage ⓘ theory of differential rent ⓘ
publicationYear	1817 ⓘ
publisher	John Murray (London) ⓘ
usesExample	trade in cloth and wine between England and Portugal ⓘ

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