David Ricardo quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by David Ricardo

David Ricardo Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from David Ricardo on Wise Famous Quotes.

David Ricardo quotes: There can be no greater error then in supposing that capital is increased by non-consumption.

There can be no greater error then in supposing that capital is increased by non-consumption.

David Ricardo quotes: The price of corn will naturally rise with the difficulty of producing the last portions of it, ...

The price of corn will naturally rise with the difficulty of producing the last portions of it, ...

David Ricardo quotes: There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down ...

There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down ...

David Ricardo quotes: The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages.

The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages.

David Ricardo quotes: Money is neither a material to work upon nor a tool to work with.

Money is neither a material to work upon nor a tool to work with.

David Ricardo quotes: If English money was of the same value then as before, Hamburgh money must have risen in value. But where is the proof of this?

If English money was of the same value then as before, Hamburgh money must have risen in value. But where is the proof of this?

David Ricardo quotes: If a tax on malt would raise the price of beer, a tax on bread must raise the price of bread.

If a tax on malt would raise the price of beer, a tax on bread must raise the price of bread.

David Ricardo quotes: Labour, like all other things which are purchased and sold ... has its natural and its market price.

Labour, like all other things which are purchased and sold ... has its natural and its market price.

David Ricardo quotes: A BOUNTY on the exportation of corn tends to lower its price to the foreign consumer, but it has no permanent effect on its price in the home market.

A BOUNTY on the exportation of corn tends to lower its price to the foreign consumer, but it has no permanent effect on its price in the home market.

David Ricardo quotes: There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits.

There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits.

David Ricardo quotes: Called an inquiry into the laws which determine the division of the produce ...

Called an inquiry into the laws which determine the division of the produce ...

David Ricardo quotes: For price is everywhere regulated by the return obtained by this last portion of capital, for which no rent whatever is paid.

For price is everywhere regulated by the return obtained by this last portion of capital, for which no rent whatever is paid.

David Ricardo quotes: Rent is the portion of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the user of the original and indestructible powers of the soil

Rent is the portion of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the user of the original and indestructible powers of the soil

David Ricardo quotes: Nothing contributes so much to the prosperity and happiness of a country as high profits.

Nothing contributes so much to the prosperity and happiness of a country as high profits.

David Ricardo quotes: The factors left out of the Ricardian equation are falling wages and idle capacity.

The factors left out of the Ricardian equation are falling wages and idle capacity.

David Ricardo quotes: Utility then is not the measure of exchangeable value, although it is absolutely essential to it.

Utility then is not the measure of exchangeable value, although it is absolutely essential to it.

David Ricardo quotes: Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods.

Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods.

David Ricardo quotes: Profits are not made by differential cleverness, but by differential stupidity.

Profits are not made by differential cleverness, but by differential stupidity.

David Ricardo quotes: Every transaction in commerce is an independent transaction.

Every transaction in commerce is an independent transaction.

David Ricardo quotes: The exchangeable value of all commodities, rises as the difficulties of their production increase.

The exchangeable value of all commodities, rises as the difficulties of their production increase.

David Ricardo quotes: Neither a state nor a bank ever have had unrestricted power of issuing paper money without abusing that power.

Neither a state nor a bank ever have had unrestricted power of issuing paper money without abusing that power.

David Ricardo quotes: The wheat bought by a farmer to sow is comparatively a fixed capital to the wheat purchased by a baker to make into loaves.

The wheat bought by a farmer to sow is comparatively a fixed capital to the wheat purchased by a baker to make into loaves.

David Ricardo quotes: The demand for money is regulated entirely by its value, and its value by its quantity.

The demand for money is regulated entirely by its value, and its value by its quantity.

David Ricardo quotes: The variation in the value of money, however great, makes no difference in the rate of profits; ...

The variation in the value of money, however great, makes no difference in the rate of profits; ...

David Ricardo quotes: The rise or fall of wages is common to all states of society, whether it be the stationary, the advancing, or the retrograde state.

The rise or fall of wages is common to all states of society, whether it be the stationary, the advancing, or the retrograde state.

David Ricardo quotes: Taxation under every form presents but a choice of evils.

Taxation under every form presents but a choice of evils.

David Ricardo quotes: The interest of the landlord is always opposed to the interests of every other class in the community.

The interest of the landlord is always opposed to the interests of every other class in the community.