The Factors Left Out Of The Ricardian

Utility Then Is Not The Measure Of Exchangeable Value, Although It Is Absolutely Essential To It.

It Appears To Me That One Great Cause Of Our Difference In Opinion On Subjects Which We Often Discuss Is That You Have Always In Mind The Immediate And Temporary Effects Of Particular Changes, Whereas I Put These Effects Quite Aside, And Fix My Whole Attention On The Long-term Effects That Will Result From Them.

The Produce Of The Earth - All That Is Derived From Its Surface By The United Application Of Labour, Machinery, And Capital, Is Divided Among Three Classes Of The Community, Namely, The Proprietor Of The Land, The Owner Of The Stock Or Capital Necessary For Its Cultivation, And The Labourers By Whose Industry It Is Cultivated.

...i Wish That I May Never Think The Smiles Of The Great And Powerful A Sufficient Inducement To Turn Aside From The Straight Path Of Honesty And The Convictions Of My Own Mind.

Gold And Silver, Like Other Commodities, Have An Intrinsic Value, Which Is Not Arbitrary, But Is Dependent On Their Scarcity, The Quantity Of Labour Bestowed In Procuring Them, And The Value Of The Capital Employed In The Mines Which Produce Them.