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One of the greatest economists who ever lived was also one of the earliest -- and most successful -- quants.
David Ricardo has been through a lot in the past few years. For someone who’s been dead since 1823, he’s taking quite a beating from the New Right and the current Trump administration — he ...
Last week was the 200th anniversary of the most counterintuitive idea in economics. On April 18, 1817, David Ricardo published ... As John Nye explains in his 2007 book, ...
That is, Ricardo on trade and comparative advantage might be 200 years old today but it's all still entirely relevant. And thus, of course, we really should get to grips with the only logically ...
We are currently experiencing an outpouring of concern both popular and professional regarding technological unemployment. I shall be discussing an apparent about-turn on the subject by David Ricardo ...
THIS edition of Ricardo's “Principles” will be found useful to students of political economy. In addition to a large number of footnotes, the editor contributes an introductory essay of forty ...