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Readings on Ricardo
This List Is By:
Liberty Fund Staff
Liberty Fund, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
The following Reading List is a collection of essays and book chapters that concern the life and work of the English economist David Ricardo (1772-1823). Several are taken from the Cambridge University Press edition of the works of David Ricardo edited by Piero Sraffa.
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Timeline of the Life and Work of David Ricardo:
Bibiographical Essay by Samuel Hollander
Leonard P. Liggio, Literature of Liberty: A Review of Contemporary Liberal Thought was published first by the Cato Institute (1978-1979) and later by the Institute for Humane Studies (1980-1982) under the editorial direction of Leonard P. Liggio. Chapter: Bibliographical Essay: Economics and Ideology: Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/1292/100248 on 2009-10-20
This work is copyrighted by the Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, and is put online with their permission.
Literature of Liberty editorial on Ricardo (1979)
Leonard P. Liggio, Literature of Liberty: A Review of Contemporary Liberal Thought was published first by the Cato Institute (1978-1979) and later by the Institute for Humane Studies (1980-1982) under the editorial direction of Leonard P. Liggio. Chapter: Editorial
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/1292/100247 on 2009-10-20
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McCulloch’s Biographical Sketch
John Ramsay McCulloch, Treatises and Essays on Subjects connected with Economic Policy with Biographical Sketches of Quesnay, Adam Smith & Ricardo (Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1853). Chapter: SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF DAVID RICARDO, ESQ., M.P.
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/2209/207817 on 2009-10-20
The text is in the public domain.
Editor’s Introduction to Ricardo’s Correspondence
David Ricardo, The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, ed. Piero Sraffa with the Collaboration of M.H. Dobb (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2005). Vol. 6 Letters 1810-1815. Chapter: INTRODUCTORY NOTES TO THE CORRESPONDENCE
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/207/59159 on 2009-10-20
First published by Cambridge University Press in 1951. Copyright 1951, 1952, 1955, 1973 by the Royal Economic Society. This edition of The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., under license from the Royal Economic Society.
Editor’s Introduction to Ricardo’s Speeches in Parliament
David Ricardo, The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, ed. Piero Sraffa with the Collaboration of M.H. Dobb (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2005). Vol. 5 Speeches and Evidence 1815-1823. Chapter: INTRODUCTION TO THE SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/206/38732 on 2009-10-20
First published by Cambridge University Press in 1951. Copyright 1951, 1952, 1955, 1973 by the Royal Economic Society. This edition of The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., under license from the Royal Economic Society.
Editor’s Introduction to Ricardo’s Notes on Malthus (1820)
David Ricardo, The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, ed. Piero Sraffa with the Collaboration of M.H. Dobb (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2005). Vol. 2 Notes on Malthus. Chapter: INTRODUCTION
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/114/38340 on 2009-10-20
First published by Cambridge University Press in 1951. Copyright 1951, 1952, 1955, 1973 by the Royal Economic Society. This edition of The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., under license from the Royal Economic Society.
Editor’s Introduction to Ricardo’s Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1817)
David Ricardo, The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, ed. Piero Sraffa with the Collaboration of M.H. Dobb (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2005). Vol. 1 Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. Chapter: INTRODUCTION
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/113/38236 on 2009-10-20
First published by Cambridge University Press in 1951. Copyright 1951, 1952, 1955, 1973 by the Royal Economic Society. This edition of The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., under license from the Royal Economic Society.