Ricardo's High Price of Bullion Including an Essay on Profits

Friend to colleague of and influence on the likes of James Mill Jeremy Bentham and Thomas Malthus revolutionary British writer DAVID RICARDO (1772-1823) was one of the foundational thinkers of classical economics developing theories of rent wages profits value and labor that continue to dramatically impact economic philosophy today. Here in one volume are two of his profoundly significant essays: In 1810s The High Price of Bullion Ricardo calls for the adoption of a metallic currency. And An Essay on Profits from 1815 contains Ricardos arguments against protectionism in Britains national policy and was instrumental in the eventual defeat of the countrys tariffs on agricultural products. ____________________________________ ALSO FROM COSIMO: Ricardos Principles of Political Economy and Taxation