David Ricardo · Economics

The Labour Theory of Value

Ricardo’s attempt to ground the value of goods in the labour required to produce them - a theory he never fully solved, and that Marx would inherit.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Ricardo grounded value in labour but ran into trouble with capital and time. Explain the core claim and the difficulty, in your own words.

Leads to William Stanley Jevons.

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