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There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down. — David Ricardo · 1822Nothing contributes so much to the prosperity and happiness of a country as high profits. — David Ricardo · 1822Labour, 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. — David Ricardo · 1817Profits2 quotes
There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down. — David Ricardo · 1822Nothing contributes so much to the prosperity and happiness of a country as high profits. — David Ricardo · 1822Economic theory1 quote
There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down. — David Ricardo · 1822Free market1 quote
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. — David Ricardo · 1817Labor1 quote
There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down. — David Ricardo · 1822Prosperity1 quote
Nothing contributes so much to the prosperity and happiness of a country as high profits. — David Ricardo · 1822Rent1 quote
Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil. — David Ricardo · 1817Supply and demand1 quote
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. — David Ricardo · 1817Wages1 quote
There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down. — David Ricardo · 1822Workers1 quote
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. — David Ricardo · 1817Zero sum thinking1 quote
There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down. — David Ricardo · 1822