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Book SynopsisWith contributions from authorities on four continents, this edited volume provides a comprehensive survey of the life and work of David Ricardo (1772–1823), a major contributor to the British classical school of political economy. After an editorial introduction that sets Ricardo’s work in the economic, political and social climate of his time, individual chapters are devoted to his business activities; his political work and its influence; his relationship with Robert Malthus; his thinking on the theories of value, distribution, trade and money; some important misunderstandings of his analytical work; his relationship to Karl Marx; and his reception in Australia.
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors; Chapter 1. Introduction John E. King; Chapter 2. On Some Myths about Ricardo’s Theory of Money Ghislain Deleplace; Chapter 3. Ricardo on Foreign Trade Gilbert Faccarello; Chapter 4. ‘A Tolerably Correct Law Respecting Proportions’: Ricardo on Income Distribution Christian Gehrke; Chapter 5. Ricardo on Economic Policy John E. King; Chapter 6. (Mis)Interpreting Ricardo Heinz D. Kurz; Chapter 7. Ricardo’s Business Activities Wilfried Parys; Chapter 8. Political Economy ‘Through a Glass Hive’? The Encounter of Ricardian Ideas with Nineteenth-Century Australia William Coleman; Chapter 9. Ricardo and Classical Political Economy Alex M. Thomas; Chapter 10. Ricardo and Marx Michael C. Howard; Chapter 11. Malthus and Ricardo on the Dismal Science; Bryan S. Turner; Further Reading; Index
