David Ricardo Quotes About Country

Quotes about: Country

• By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them.

  David Ricardo

  Country, Desire, May

  David Ricardo (1821). “On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation”, p.3

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

  David Ricardo

  Happiness, Happy, Country

  David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch (1846). “The Works of David Ricardo ...”, p.474

• It is here we come to the heart of the matter. The economic principle of comparative advantage', 'a country may, in return for manufactured commodities, import corn even if it can be grown with less labour than in the country from which it is imported

  David Ricardo

  Country, Heart, Principles

• No extension of foreign trade will immediately increase the amount of value in a country, although it will very powerfully contribute to increase the mass of commodities and therefore the sum of enjoyments.

  David Ricardo

  Country, Commodity, Increase

  David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch (1852). “The Works of David Ricardo. With a notice of the life and writings of the author: by J. R. McCulloch”, p.72

• It has therefore been justly observed that however honestly the coin of a country may conform to its standard, money made of gold and silver is still liable to fluctuations in value, not only to accidental, and temporary, but to permanent and natural variations, in the same manner as other commodities.

  David Ricardo

  Country, Gold, Variation

  David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch (1846). “The Works of David Ricardo ...”, p.46

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