Robert Heilbroner Quote

David Ricardo saw that the escalator worked with different effects on different classes, that some rode triumphantly to the top, while others were carried up a few steps and then kicked back down to the bottom.


Chapter IV, Parson Malthus and David Ricardo, p. 71 - The Worldly Philosophers (1953)


David Ricardo saw that the escalator worked with different effects on different classes, that some rode triumphantly to the top, while others were...

David Ricardo saw that the escalator worked with different effects on different classes, that some rode triumphantly to the top, while others were...

David Ricardo saw that the escalator worked with different effects on different classes, that some rode triumphantly to the top, while others were...

David Ricardo saw that the escalator worked with different effects on different classes, that some rode triumphantly to the top, while others were...