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David Ricardo’s Treatment of Wages

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To anyone unacquainted with Ricardo-scholarship, it may seem odd that the writings of a man who died in 1823 should continue to be the focus for lively and sometimes acrimonious debate. Yet the fact is that Ricardo’s ‘legacy’ attracts unflagging interest (as a recently published book on the subject — Caravale (ed.) 1985 — bears witness). How can this be explained? I suggest that two factors are particularly germane: interpretative method and the evaluative location of Ricardo within some ‘stream’ of economic thought.

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  1. The Queen’s University of Belfast, UK

    R. D. Collison Black (Formerly Professor of Economics) (Formerly Professor of Economics)

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Peach, T. (1986). David Ricardo’s Treatment of Wages. In: Collison Black, R.D. (eds) Ideas in Economics. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18343-2_5

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