The Elgar Companion to David Ricardo

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19934612
AutoresHeinz-Dieter Kurz
EditoresHeinz D Kurz (0000-0003-4042-6682), Neri Salvadori (0000-0002-3334-3507)
Año2015
Fecha de publicación2015-05-28
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaElgar Companion to David Ricardo (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialEdward Elgar Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4337/9781784715489
OpenAlexW817563763
Open LibraryOL38292374M
ISBN9781784715489
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas3

was not particularly interested in lengthy discussions of possible motives for establishing new colonies and he contented himself with devoting to colonial trade just the short Chapter 25 of his Principles of Political Economy and Taxation.Yet, within the latter it is possible to detect (at least) three main analytical arguments related to the colonial issue: i) colonies as a source of new fertile land and therefore as a viable solution to the problem of decreasing returns on domestic land;ii) colonies as possible outlet markets able to absorb domestic excess supply; and, finally, iii) the effects of trade restrictions between a colony and its mother country.In what follows we briefly discuss these three issues successively

Art history · Economic geography · Geography · Economic Theory and Institutions · Economic Theory and Policy · History · Political Economy and Marxism · david Ricardo (1772-1823)