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Quotation from On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo
“To determine the laws which regulate this distribution, is the principal problem in Political Economy”
On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, Preface (On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation, 1st ed. (London: John Murray, 1817), Project Gutenberg #33310)
From the Preface: having divided the produce of the earth among landlords, capitalists and labourers as rent, profit and wages, Ricardo names the question the whole book sets out to answer.
Citation: "To determine the laws which regulate this distribution, is the principal problem in Political Economy" — David Ricardo, On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, Preface (On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation, 1st ed. (London: John Murray, 1817), Project Gutenberg #33310). (id ricardo-principles-of-political-economy-and-taxation-q1)
