Ricardo's and Malthus's common error in their conflicting theories of the value of labour
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Smith; Ricardo; Malthus; value of labour;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- B12 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Classical (includes Adam Smith)
- B2 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925
- B22 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Macroeconomics
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2014-05-24 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-HME-2014-05-24 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-HPE-2014-05-24 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-PKE-2014-05-24 (Post Keynesian Economics)
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