David Ricardo Quote

Neither machines, nor the commodities made by them, rise in real value, but all commodities made by machines fall, and fall in proportion to their durability.


Chapter I, Section V, On Value, p. 26 - The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1821) (Third Edition)


Neither machines, nor the commodities made by them, rise in real value, but all commodities made by machines fall, and fall in proportion to their...

Neither machines, nor the commodities made by them, rise in real value, but all commodities made by machines fall, and fall in proportion to their...

Neither machines, nor the commodities made by them, rise in real value, but all commodities made by machines fall, and fall in proportion to their...

Neither machines, nor the commodities made by them, rise in real value, but all commodities made by machines fall, and fall in proportion to their...