Labour, like all other things which are purchased and sold, and which may be increased or diminished in quantity, has its natural and its market price. The natural price of labor is that price which is necessary to enable the laborers, one with another, to subsist and perpetuate their race, without either increase or diminution.
Authentication Score 2
More information on Authentication Score coming soon.
Original Citation
Ricardo, David. On Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. London: John Murray, 1817.
Original citation text copied to clipboard.
Current Citation
Ricardo, David. The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. Dover Publications, 2004.
Current citation text copied to clipboard.
