David Ricardo
1772 – 1823 · United Kingdom · Economics, Political Economy
Comparative advantage and rent theory — still the core argument for trade.
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- Adam Smith
1723 – 1790 · Economics, Philosophy
Ricardo systematises Smith into rent, wages and comparative advantage.
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- Karl Marx
1818 – 1883 · Political Economy, Philosophy
Ricardian value theory is the apparatus Marx turns against capital.
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