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David Ricardo
David Ricardo was a British economist and politician. He is recognized as one of the most influential classical economists, alongside figures such as Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith and James Mill.
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culture · British economist and politician (1772–1823) · economist · stockbroker · philosopher · politician · writer · political economist · member of parliament · banker · also David Ricardo, Ricardo
Born 18 April 1772 · Died 11 September 1823 · Q160270
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2026· 2 entries
Tribute Archive: Ricardo Burton Obituary | Jennings Mortuary and Cremation Services | Palm Bay, FL
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2002· 1 entry
And re-examined and explained in detail in Andrea Maneschi in 2004
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1953· 1 entry
“An open letter from a Keynesian to a Marxist”
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1846· 1 entry
His nephew John Lewis Ricardo, MP for Stoke-upon-Trent, advocated free trade and the repeal of the Corn Laws
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1823· 1 entry
Died 1823-09-11.
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1822· 1 entry
Spoke in its favour at the Westminster anniversary reform dinner; and again voted for criminal law reform
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1821· 3 entries
For abolition of the death penalty for forgery
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Wrote that he had become "convinced that the substitution of machinery for human labour, is often very injurious to the interests of the class of labourers", and that "the opinion entertained by the labouring class, t
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Voted against renewal of the sugar duties, and objected to the higher duty on East Indian as opposed to West Indian produce
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1820· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the 7th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1820–1823).
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1819· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the 6th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1819–1820).
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1818· 1 entry
Career landmark: High Sheriff of Gloucestershire (1818–1819).
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1816· 2 entries
Ricardo said "In the present state of the law, they have the power, without any control whatever, of increasing or reducing the circulation in any degree they may think proper: a power which should neither be entrusted t
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“In the present state of the law, they have the power, without any control whatever, of increasing or reducing the circulation in any degree they may think proper: a power which should neither be entrusted to the State itself, nor to anybody in it; as there can be no security for the uniformity in the value of the currency, when its augmentation or diminution depends solely on the will of the issuers.”
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1772· 1 entry
Born 1772-04-18.
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